Xylene, octane booster
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Xylene, octane booster For those using Xylene and Marvel Mystery oil mix for an octane booster, do you mix the xylene/oil and fuel outside the tank then add. Or do you add the xylene/oil mix into a known quantity directly into the tank. in other words if I have 10 gallons in my tank, can I just add a 2 gallon mix in? Thanks
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For those using Xylene and Marvel Mystery oil mix for an octane booster, do you mix the xylene/oil and fuel outside the tank then add. Or do you add the xylene/oil mix into a known quantity directly into the tank. in other words if I have 10 gallons in my tank, can I just add a 2 gallon mix in? Thanks
Thats what I did, just added to the tank and drove around for a bit to mix it up. Its WAY cheaper if you buy xylene in a 55 gallon drum from your local chemical supply store...I remember it being around 150 or so
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I have not seen any big drums of it here on island. I can get by gallon at Home Depot. It is still expensive, but there is no race gas here. Xylene is a chemical that is used for paint stripping that is around 116 octane. People mix it with gas to avoid detonation while on boost or nitrous.
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toluene is fairly effective also and it can be picked up at a hardware store as well.
its been so long since ive needed it i dont remember how i used to mix it.. but it may help you and could be worth looking into. but where i live im in the armpit of the USA.. we do a shatpile of oil refining around here so high octane gas is plentiful
its been so long since ive needed it i dont remember how i used to mix it.. but it may help you and could be worth looking into. but where i live im in the armpit of the USA.. we do a shatpile of oil refining around here so high octane gas is plentiful
