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Old 12-05-2007, 01:55 PM
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Post Octane booster

Does Octane Booster really Work or is it just a load of crap.

Old 12-05-2007, 02:38 PM
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I have used it and it seemed to work alright. I did a motor swap and had to low of octane for the new motor so I added some and the pinging stopped, for the price of it i wouldn't use it all the time. I would just buy higher octane gas at the pump. My .02
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Technically most of them do actually bring up the octane rating a slight bit, but its not worth the hassle, just pump in premium if you really want higher octane gas although with a Yota I highly doubt you need it.

If you truly had a high-compression high-performance engine with say about $10k invested in it would you trust an octane booster or would you run the absolute best fuel you could, even if that was avgas?
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Most octane boosters contain MMT. This chemical is not recommended for use by Toyota, as indicated in a 99 4Runner Owners Manual.
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I was reading this from this page the other day about it. Pretty interesting.

Cool site too.Gunter Automotive Racing:Toyota Racing Tech website
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hey thanks guys
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