Best way to up Octane?
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Best way to up Octane? I'm gonna fire up my Procharged Firehawk tomorrow. the engine is stock and I want to run higher octane till I can get low compression heads on there.
My question is what's the best way to boost octane?
Is going to Pep Boys and buying one of those 110 octane booster bottles as good as buying 100+ octane race gas at the track? What's the difference?
If the off the self bottles will do the job which brand do you guys suggest?
Thanks,
BH
My question is what's the best way to boost octane?
Is going to Pep Boys and buying one of those 110 octane booster bottles as good as buying 100+ octane race gas at the track? What's the difference?
If the off the self bottles will do the job which brand do you guys suggest?
Thanks,
BH
Re: Best way to up Octane? nope....that stuff only raises a couple "points" (ex: 91 up to 91.5) and it costs as much as a gallon of 104 octane unleaded fuel.
You can "drive" your car on lower octane....just don't push it hard (should not anyways....give everything time to "break in".... Just take a nice easy cruse out to the strip with a 5 gals can. Put one or two gals in the tank and take the other 5 gals home to use throughout the week.
Chris
You can "drive" your car on lower octane....just don't push it hard (should not anyways....give everything time to "break in".... Just take a nice easy cruse out to the strip with a 5 gals can. Put one or two gals in the tank and take the other 5 gals home to use throughout the week.
Chris
Re: Best way to up Octane? black ls1ta just sent me the link on this one and i ordered the uleaded accelerator.. turns regular gas into race gas.. octane depended on how much you mix.
http://www.torcoracefuels.com/Mach%2...20Page%201.htm
http://www.torcoracefuels.com/Mach%2...20Page%201.htm
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Re: Best way to up Octane? Hey Dave I was just sent this link over on LS1.com:
http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/octanebooster.html
A very interesting read. I might go ahead and try the Xylene and MMO combo and see how that works.
Which series additive did you go with? How much?
BH
http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/octanebooster.html
A very interesting read. I might go ahead and try the Xylene and MMO combo and see how that works.
Which series additive did you go with? How much?
BH
Re: Best way to up Octane? So is the Torco stuff safe for o2 sensors? It says that it is a leaded concentrate on the page.
Xylene I know is o2 safe, I ran many gallons of it and my old o2 sensors never complained.
Xylene I know is o2 safe, I ran many gallons of it and my old o2 sensors never complained.
