dynevahn

Is octane booster safe to use in my engine, I pay 2.25 for gas and its killing me. My engine overheated before and we thought it might have been the octane booster running the engine too hot.

Davidov

iTrader: (2)

Higher octane will actually lower combustion temperatures.

Now if you were running the car really hard because you were thinking the octane booster was making more power....or you have a coolant leak.

There is no need to use octane booster on a regular basis.

dynevahn

thanks so octane booster doesnt give more power or acceleration as the bottle states? haha

rs_1101

nope.. prolly not. it works on some newer cars like the ep3 civic.. because of dynamic, adjustable fuel maps.

1987RX7guy

iTrader: (3)

octane rating has to do with the fuel's ability to not ping. not hp. the lower octane you can run without ping is best and makes more power than high octane. which goes against what those companies want you to think

PureSephiroth

octane booster doesn't do anything. Its a waste of money. I've never heard of an octane booster that actually boosted octane as it claims.

Parastie

couldn't you just run pour some methanol in with your gas for some octane boost?

rxspeed87

octane boost lets see

what is it 7 point boost in octane is something like 87 octane now is 87.7octane?

trainwreck517

iTrader: (1)

2.25 for gas, where?!?

I just paid 2.53 for 87 octane.

torean

haha..we pay 2.09 for 93 in jersey ...but we also have to deal with insane insurances and dumb drivers...so i think its a fair trade off

torean

btw....i experimented with xylene from home depot and the *** dyno says low end isnt as great but engine picks up alot better....at 10.50 a gallon...that boosts only gets turned on on rare spirited weekend drives

BRIDGEP0RTED

anyone ever heard of using moth ***** for octane boost as well as better gas mileage ? a instructor at my school says it works just dont use to many or you could blow a hole in your piston..... haha

Travisty

I assume "yes". Just dont be like the guy who went to walmart and got rubbing alcohol.

did you do a LS1 swap? Where did you get those pistons? (not a flame just a question/smartass remark)

snub disphenoid

Octane "booster" boosts your octane up to 7 points! Keep in mind that an octane point is not an octane NUMBER. There are 10 points to each number, so dumping that NOS crap into your tank is only going to hop you up from 89 to 89.7. Also, repeated use of that wears out your fuel lines and will eventually spring a leak.

Icemark

Typically higher octane will result in lower HP output on a Non-turbo... You want the lowest octane that the car will run without knocking for a rotary engine.

jhillyer

Crap fuel will be most effected.

With about 57 liters (15 US Gallons) of Chevron tank fuel, adding 0.36 liters (12 US Ounces) of MMT NOS Racing Formula (US$9.99) to improve R+M/2 octane for the base fuel ratings at least as follows:


Volume of Base Fuel /Octane Rating of Base /Volume of Additive /Octane Rating of Additive /Estimated Final R+M/2
56.775 89 0.3549 115 89.16
56.775 91 0.3549 115 91.15
56.775 92 0.3549 115 92.14
56.775 93 0.3549 115 93.14
56.775 95 0.3549 115 95.12

Add ten bottles of Racing Formula, and boost 91 to a wimpy 92.4, for the cost of buying 15 gallons of Purple race fuel (107 motor octane).

BRIDGEP0RTED

notice the haha

Evil Aviator

Modern mothballs don't have naphthalene, and the current products that do have it are not concentrated enough. I think the modern products would work better to clog the fuel filter than to raise the octane.
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov...bl=chem&id=289

Travisty

oh I did. Just there are SOOO many things to laugh about here.