Ok so u see gas prices are going up and i was wondering if instead of putting 93 in our cobalt ss/scs we can just put in regular with a octane booster i think this will save us some money at the pump. its actually this stuff called imports it says it increases acceleration reduces heat and wear and is better for our cars do u think this is a good idea.

 

doubt its a good idea, and the 3-$5.00 u spend on it is the same differences as filling up with regular instead of 93

 

 

It all depends on what type and concentration of it. For the most part one can a tank, and a can of booster is much more than the difference from reg to premium.

 

no sir, i don't

 

pour in some toluene
octane is about 114-118. Do the math to get whatever octane levelyou want. Buy it at a paint store. Don't use xylene though. Dry up your tubes.

Many tuners use toluene as a home-style octane booster. Toluene, an aromatic circular hydrocarbon chain, is a regular component of pump gas and is available in various grades at chemical supply stores. Premium street gasoline carries roughly 3- to 5% toluene, which partially helps octane characteristics. Unocal's 100-octane race gas has almost 25% toluene.

The drawback to any of these additive ingredients is the diminishing effect they have on higher-octane fuels. Adding the same booster to 87-octane pump gas will yield a lot more octane gain than adding a bottle to 91-octane premium gas. Excessive concentrations of these additives also damage emissions-control hardware, such as spark plugs, injectors, oxygen sensors and catalytic converters.

 

it only boosts octane like .001pts so if u want 87.001ish for 3$ a bottle go for it...just spend the money..and dont have a lead foot

 

Octane booster doesnt work.

 

I concur. It's all a big scam, like just about any fuel additive you can think of.

 

Octaine boost works. Its concentrated octaine. I remember in my ricer days I poored 2 bottles of that **** in my car and wow, exaust sounded louder and engine more peppy. It works, and usually it will tell you how many points increase on the box. Make sure if your putting it in your balt it dont have MSDG Or what ever that additive is that causes deposits. Test it and see if its cost effective, and if it works Let us know.

 

LOL unless you have some sweet adaptive learning EEC it will not make your engine run better... if your motor is tuned for 87 and you put race gas in you have just done absofrigginlootly nothing.

 

It was my probe SE 4 cyl, IM telling you man, combustion = better with better gas, that you will notice. I swear it felt faster, if not the sound of it made it feel faster.

 

spend $the 3.15 on 93 not $2.78+$3.00(octane booster which only gets u .001pts)on something that will serve no function in your car except knock underboost then mad engine retard which is much lose in power which soon can take a piston out, then a trip to chevy on a flat bed, with a work order of needs enging overhaul, blown up...lol srry but its the truth detination and preignition are 2 things u dont want so dont be cheap...especially for the boost guys

 

Forget about using Octane Booster. It doesn't work and ur wasting ur money where u can otherwise spend it on 93-94 OCT. At the most it'll raise it .7 pts. Which means if u have 94 octane and u add one of those Race NOS octane booster, ur only gona get 94.7 octane...and one of those bottles cost like 15-20 bucks whereas u can slap in 20ish bucks worth of gas into ur car. Not to mention octane booster leaves a nice green residue in ur gas tank and sludges up ur fuel injectors.

 

try the lucas oil octane booster i run it in conjuction with 87 octane and i get zero detonation alot of the octane boosters out there are just that junk but their are a couple of good ones out there

mrb