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- From: samblane@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sean Samblanet)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: octane boosters (was Re: Broquet: Fuel Catalyst)
- Message-ID: <24526@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 13:10:14 GMT
- References: <3970062@hpsad.sad.hp.com> <03jn7va@dixie.com>
- Reply-To: samblane@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sean Samblanet)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.autos.tech, jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
- :ggg@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Gary Goodlund) writes:
- :(stuff deleted)
- :>I'd like to find another product that reduced detonation effectively
- :>but didn't cause these problems. So far, I haven't seen anything on
- :>the market in Northern California.
- :
- :Easy. Good old fashioned toluene. At about $1.60 a gallon in 50 gallon
- :lots (recent quotes) and at a rate of about a quart per tank for about
- :3 or 4 points octane boost, it's about a cheap as you can get and no
- :fouling.
- :
- :John
- A question along these lines. Does toluene or 104 octane boost or any
- octane booster raise the octane rating the same amount for 87 octane
- as 93 or 94 premium fuel? 100 octane fuel is much more expensive($3.50/gal)
- and hard to find. Can any additive boost 94 octane to about 100 octane?
-
- Sean
-