anyone used the octane booster stuff thats sold at your local car parts store? it says it ups the octane sevral points. does it work? i havent tried it, because i dont know if there is anyting in it that could harm a rotary.

 

They don't do anything significant. If they claim a 7 point octane increase, it means that it will raise the octane from 93 to 93.7, not 93 to 100. Waste of money.

 

I use toulane (sp) you can pick up from your local paint store.

 

Whats the mixture ratio for using Toulane? Lets say mixture with 93 octane? Is it safe for long term use? Thanks...Tony

 

I run 5 gallons of AV gas baby

 

Hasn't this been discussed before?

 

about a million and one times..

 

When my motor popped earlier this year, I was running premium + NOS octane booster (I knew better than to do that). I now pop for the $5.79 per gallon for Cam 2 100 octane unleaded; fill-up this past weekend was $75.00!! Fortunately, it's a second car for me, and a once a month fill-up is somewhat acceptable. Plus, expensive fuel is still cheaper than a motor rebuild.

 

lol bro, dont run pure 100 octane all the time.. mix like 5 gallons to a tank tops man. Unless your running a nice big setup, and you have no cats ect your just going to start clogging stuff up with all that richness

 

100 octane Cam 2 is probably unleaded? I have midpipe, so I can run 110 LEADED race gas

 

Yeah, 1-to-1 unleaded pump gas to Sunoco 104 unleaded race gas With a midpipe you can run 110 LEADED race gas

 

Search for TOULENE.

 

I'm running a high-flow cat, so it has to be unleaded. Plus, octane levels has nothing to do with mixture richness, only the fuel's resistance to detonation. Higher the octane level, the most resistant to detonation. Usually, higher compression ratios require high octane- but boosted engines effectively 'create' a higher compression ratio. The 100 octane is just really good insurance against the dreaded detonation.

Now, if you're running leaded 104 octane, that's just socially irresponsible. You have no valves, or valve guides that benefit from the lubrication provided by the lead content. As for the seals, that's why oil is injected into the rotary engine. Save a few bucks, and the rest of your fellow 3rd gen driver's health, and just run the unleaded stuff.

 

i run 115 octane from a local hemi shop. the **** is almost purple and it smells like a stock car.

 

xylene and heptane is also used too.

the problem with additives in a can is that there is no guarantee that they will mix thoroughly.

so part of the gas tank might have lower octane than others.

 

I wouldn't mess with that stuff if I were you (if you can get it). Highly toxic, especially heptane. Readily absorbed through the skin.

 

no wonder i felt drunk after washing my hands with that.

it has efffected my engrish skills...........

 

ROFL

 

if you want higher octance run some 110 ocatane with your 92 oactane... dont get "octane booster" its a waste

 

I use a cleaned oil qt. bottle per tank o gas b4 filling up. Thats good for about 100 octane.

 

What's "ROFL" mean?

 

Romping
On
the Floor

dunno about the L part.

 

rolling on the floor laughing....come on Manny, you internet forum newb...

 

DO NOT use heptane. Octane ratings are taken from a scale of relative detonation resistance. Octane is given a rating of 100, heptane is given a rating of 0. All your other hydrocarbon mixes fall somewhere in between or around it (like toluene-114). Before you start randomly mixing nasty organic chemicals into your tank, try to find out what their octane rating is.

Check it out:

http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/exp/rubber/synth/octane.htm

 

Thanks, I just recently learned what LMFAO was, so I guess I am a noob