Octane Booster

So for the peons such as myself that run on 91 Octane fuel because they can't afford the race gas, are the $3-6 Octane booster things you get at Autozone worth using while racing? I'm not having any horsepower boost delusions, but I'm wondering if it could more or less act as a bit of insurance against engine ping or something?
The ones I looked at were the "street legal, cat safe" ones.

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Ben Hetland
1973 Volvo 142 project car (with some cone-smashing on dirt in it's future, however)

"No. Rally Racing is a back alley sport filled with jackals, headhunters and thugs!"
-Pops Racer (Speed Racer movie)

www.utahrallygroup.com

Don't blow your money at the "speed shop" by buying octane booster there.

Go to the paint store and buy a 5 gallon pail of Toluene or better yet to a chem supply place and buy a 55 gallon drum.

That is if you want to increase octane more economically.

Edit :

Xylene also boosts octane



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2009 03:10AM by Morten2.

don't waste your money.

When they say "raises your octane X points"

it means it raised the octane 0.x points

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Chris

Do It Sidewayz Wrote:
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> don't waste your money.
>
> When they say "raises your octane X points"
>
> it means it raised the octane 0.x points

Here's a pretty informative link on various types of octane boosters :

http://sportscarforums.com/f13/toluene-my-octane-booster-choice-3257.html

It costs nearly as much to buy toluene to be effective as race fuel. We used to go to the airport and buy 100 low lead pretty cheap.

since we're on the topic of additives, acetone anyone?

http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

thoughts? I'm not smart enough in chemistry to know if its true or bunk.

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/

Jon Burke Wrote:
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> since we're on the topic of additives, acetone
> anyone?
>
>
>
> thoughts? I'm not smart enough in chemistry to
> know if its true or bunk.
>
> Jon Burke - KI6LSW
> Blog:
> 'Holy Shit!' @ 4:10

I'll place all the credibility my 15 year old unused BSc in Chemistry affords me on the line by saying this guy is completely and utterly batshit crazy -- zero merit. It's morons like this that make me think there needs to be a "science Snopes".

Cheers, Ted

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Pure mathematics is the enemy of every truly creative man -- Sir Alec

Ted Andkilde Wrote:
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> Jon Burke Wrote:
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> -----
> > since we're on the topic of additives,
> acetone
> > anyone?
> >
> >
> >
> > thoughts? I'm not smart enough in chemistry
> to
> > know if its true or bunk.
> >
> > Jon Burke - KI6LSW
> > Blog:
> > 'Holy Shit!' @ 4:10
>
> I'll place all the credibility my 15 year old
> unused BSc in Chemistry affords me on the line by
> saying this guy is completely and utterly batshit
> crazy -- zero merit. It's morons like this that
> make me think there needs to be a "science
> Snopes".
>
> Cheers, Ted
>
>
>
>
> Pure mathematics is the enemy of every truly
> creative man -- Sir Alec

Somewhere on the web is an article or two about acetone absofrickinlutely not doing as that guy claims. I'm with Ted on this one. Cow Magnets however...

I'm pretty sure that Mythbusters "busted" the acetone "enhancement" as pure bullshit.

Gene,

I remember the days when you could roll up to the pumps at the airport with every gas jug you had in the back of your pick up! Good times! 100LL is hellish expensive these days. Oddly, the cheapest avgas is in Chehalis.

Robert.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

Rallymech Wrote:
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> Gene,
>
> I remember the days when you could roll up to the
> pumps at the airport with every gas jug you had in
> the back of your pick up! Good times! 100LL is
> hellish expensive these days. Oddly, the cheapest
> avgas is in Chehalis.
>
> Robert.

I prolly don't really want to know...how much is it?

We were buying Turbo Blue last year for about $6 a gallon I believe. It was cheaper than Trick was in Seattle at the pumps. I think they figured it out because it's about double this year. Scrutineering is a very affordable way to rally

Gene,

I haven't been flying in over a year. I checked the price of 100LL at Pt. Townsend just now and it said $3.99! Central Aircraft repair in Chehalis, KCLS, has 100LL for $3.37!!!!! Now if we could just get on the ramp......Oh wait, I just got a TWIC card, I can get on the ramp!

Robert.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

I was looking at renting an airport hangar. 10 miles outside of town (which means 10 miles closer to CORE and testing), 50X50 for $330 per month. But you have to prove to the airport authority that you own a plane, even if it's not currently stored there. Guess I'll keep looking...

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Grant Hughes

You're constructing an experimental craft...yeah that's it. Show them the wing on the Sierra!

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Andrew Steere
Lyndeborough, NH
KB1PJY

We were saying last night that we'd just grab one of the spare Subaru blocks laying around and putting it in the middle and saying it's the start of our airplane.

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Grant Hughes