Octane Boosters??
09-19-2008, 09:51 AM
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Octane Boosters?? Going to the track tonight & was thinking of trying some Outlaw Octane booster, all we have around here is 91, just wondering if its really needed, or is it a waiste of money, this is on a stock tuned LT1 & mods in sig.
09-19-2008, 10:43 AM
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I was in at Oreillys yesterday talking to a buddy of mine, and joking around about octane booster. He said they're all junk except for two of them. One was made by NOS, and I forgot what the other one was. It said it'd raise your fuel grade by 7 points, and he told me it'd actually work, unlike the others. But, that's just what I heard, no real proof.
09-19-2008, 10:49 AM
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7 points is really nothing if you are putting in all 93 octane and put in 1 bottle of nos you now have 93.7 gas but not all ur gas is that. ur better off putting in like only 5 gallons and adding the nos additive. either way the best gas out there is 93 bp gasoline. u will get the most out of ur engine with that gas alone
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09-19-2008, 11:48 AM
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You know the outlaw booster that they used to put in the 4 metal cans? We put all 4 of them in a yamaha warrior 4 wheeler with some 116 race fuel. WOW. That thing would **** and get. And burn your eyes if you got behind it.
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NOS off road formula it claims 7 point upgrade (like 50 something ponts) to make your octane 98 if your using 91 not .7 I would just get 100 at the track if they have it. Just go with a near empty tank and add a couple gallons
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Thanks guys, thats what i thought too, i've heard the Nos works, my ONLY issue with the race gas is will it hurt my O2s, i heard it would, now i do know they make an Unleaded race fuel, will that work & not harm the 02s?
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Do what this crazy old guy (who knew his ****) used to do back in the day lol Run a bunch of paint thinner in with the gas 
Said it turns your plugs snow white.
But sadly, with fuel injection, doing that will probably melt some stuff that we don't want melted!
Just go run some 100, 105 or 110 octane fuel and be done with guessing/hoping the crap in the bottle you just spent $8 on, works.
But, I also heard by a chap who had access to stuff to do octane testing, that the stuff you get in the 4-pack works. It's the 4 little bottles with the horse on it, with a fiery mane. I can't remember who makes it :\
Apparently this stuff is supposed to work well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene
And also a good read I stumbled upon in my searching.
http://members.rennlist.com/951_race...omparison.html
Said it turns your plugs snow white.But sadly, with fuel injection, doing that will probably melt some stuff that we don't want melted!
Just go run some 100, 105 or 110 octane fuel and be done with guessing/hoping the crap in the bottle you just spent $8 on, works.
But, I also heard by a chap who had access to stuff to do octane testing, that the stuff you get in the 4-pack works. It's the 4 little bottles with the horse on it, with a fiery mane. I can't remember who makes it :\
Apparently this stuff is supposed to work well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene
And also a good read I stumbled upon in my searching.
http://members.rennlist.com/951_race...omparison.html
09-20-2008, 09:52 AM
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Oh well... I dont believe any hype on the octane booster stuff. WAY to much misinfo and rumors/stories. If its helping you at all... its probably more like a bandaid for a more significant problem. Time for a tuneup and a new dyno tune with an experienced tuner.
Octane booster is like the car world equivalent of diet pills. hehe...
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Do what this crazy old guy (who knew his ****) used to do back in the day lol Run a bunch of paint thinner in with the gas Said it turns your plugs snow white.
But sadly, with fuel injection, doing that will probably melt some stuff that we don't want melted!
Just go run some 100, 105 or 110 octane fuel and be done with guessing/hoping the crap in the bottle you just spent $8 on, works.
But, I also heard by a chap who had access to stuff to do octane testing, that the stuff you get in the 4-pack works. It's the 4 little bottles with the horse on it, with a fiery mane. I can't remember who makes it :\
Apparently this stuff is supposed to work well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene
And also a good read I stumbled upon in my searching.
http://members.rennlist.com/951_race...omparison.html
Said it turns your plugs snow white.But sadly, with fuel injection, doing that will probably melt some stuff that we don't want melted!
Just go run some 100, 105 or 110 octane fuel and be done with guessing/hoping the crap in the bottle you just spent $8 on, works.
But, I also heard by a chap who had access to stuff to do octane testing, that the stuff you get in the 4-pack works. It's the 4 little bottles with the horse on it, with a fiery mane. I can't remember who makes it :\
Apparently this stuff is supposed to work well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene
And also a good read I stumbled upon in my searching.
http://members.rennlist.com/951_race...omparison.html
