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Originally Posted by Russ Hunsaker
How much can you boost your octane before you will damage somthing in your engine? If I want to boost my octane from pump 94 octane to 104 racing octane, how many can's of octane boost do I need?
I am taking my Camaro down to Mid-Ohio to race one of my customers that keeps telling me how great his hopped up Honda S1000 and how he is going to blow me away. I don't even know what a Honda S1000 even is but I want to shut his big mouth by whipping him like a rented mule.
My plan was to drive my Camaro SS/RS/M6 down to Mid-Ohio on Sunoco 94, then I want to fill it up and add as much octane booster as I can without damaging anything.
Russ
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Russ -
You don't want to do that. If you can get Sunoco 94 that is all you need. If you boost octane past that on a stock engine you will most likely LOSE power, not gain it. The M6 has 10.7 CR and is optimized for 93 octane. If you slow the burn down too much (higher octane) the power will go down also. If you car had forced induction or nitrous, that would be a different story.
Now go whip his butt anyway !!
