Liquid Octane boost suggestions!

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by WardL

100% of the fuel additives to boost octane or power in your fuel are bogus. For 3 ounces in a gallon of fuel to boost it 10 points it would have to be over 500 octane. Maybe if it were pure tetra ethyl lead. Do you buy regular gas at 87 octane and with your Klotz additive you have 97 octane? How does your Cobra run on that blend? Your mind tells you the additive is suppose to help and you get tricked into thinking it really does help. Carb cleaner if your carb is dirty or a stabilizer if you are going to store gasoline for 3 years or more. Gasoline will normally stay fresh for at least 2 years given it is kept cool and dry.

+1

Use either a race gas or tulene......tulene has an octane of 114 and is basically an automotive paint thinner.....when I worked in a body shop we would buy it in 55 gal drums to clean our paint guns and equipement,back then,about a dollar a gallon in bulk.......
I mixed it with 93 octane for my race car for years,never had any problems.......

David

[RET_COP]

It's not a waste of money if it stops dieseling or run on problems, I can attest to this. Look,- good octane booster like Klotz or a Toluene works, if your car is on the edge. Race gas in a 50/50 mix is far better especially if you are way over the edge like Ron said. 11.5:1 is not on the edge. My 10.75:1 on a hot day is,.. and I have used a quality octane booster and/or Toluene to correct some minor issues.
Ron, what kind of fuel did you buy and where did you get it?
Lou

[Ron61]

Lou,

The barrel that I just got was K&S Racing fuel 110 leaded octane. They change brands from time to time as they try to get the lowest priced ones. They also handle 114 leaded octane, but one of the guys told me it didn't improve his car at all over the 110.

I buy it at a distributor here in Redding and they deliver the barrels to my house.

And there is also this that might help.



Ron