[Real1LE]

Originally Posted by drfeelgood

I tuned mine on 95... no turning back for me now ... unless I retune and pull a bit of timing ... but the POOOWWEEERRRRRR is calling me lol

im going to need a good tuner before i can get any of this done. in CA i've quickly realized there isn't many "good" tuners here, which sucks!

[Real1LE]

Originally Posted by ZL1 1LE

I don’t think it’ll give the engine any problems. For me, it comes down to ease of use. No calculators, mixing outside of the car’s tank, pouring from 1 container into another one etc... 16 oz can into 8 gallons of 91 and 32 oz can to 16 gallons of 91. Yes, 95 is probably excessive for a car tuned on 93 but, why ride the edge? I’m sure it couldn’t utilize 100 but 95, perhaps.

makes sense. that's important to think about "ease of use" not looking to complicate things at all. I honestly dont think im going to tune just yet. i'll stick with CAI and TB then i'll do exhaust / headers / lower pulley and a tune. dont wanna get wild with upgrades. its just endless i feel like but i know im not chasing HP so i dont care much for the pulley even.

[drfeelgood]

Originally Posted by Real1LE

im going to need a good tuner before i can get any of this done. in CA i've quickly realized there isn't many "good" tuners here, which sucks!

that's not accurate my friend. Sure, there are some "shady" tuners, but there are a few good ones also.

Ryne Cunnigham, runs BRC Raceworks is who you should go to if you are in SoCal. I don't care what anyone else says, don't go anywhere else

[Real1LE]

Originally Posted by drfeelgood

that's not accurate my friend. Sure, there are some "shady" tuners, but there are a few good ones also.

Ryne Cunnigham, runs BRC Raceworks is who you should go to if you are in SoCal. I don't care what anyone else says, don't go anywhere else

thats one that i've been seeing a lot of here in CA. i'll check them out one of these days. thanks for the tip sir

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by KingLT1

Torco and Boostane are the exceptions.

Originally Posted by drfeelgood

I know exactly what you are talking about, you mean the over the counter "octane boosters". you are 100% correct, those do not work as advertised, however, a few that have been shown to be very accurate are

Boostane
Torco
Race-Gas

http://race-gas.com/

This is what we have tuned my car on to bring the octane up to 95 octane. As someone previously mentioned, 32 oz of this with a full tank of gas will turn 91 to 95 consistently.

This isn't your 8$ bottle of octane booster, these are $33 per can.
So yes, I pay an extra $33 for every fill up x 6-8 fill ups per month. I am perfectly satisfied paying an extra $200~$260 per month for power and no-knock

I've tried Race-Gas today and can confirm that it works very well.

I mixed 20 oz into 7 gallons of the crappy 93 that Shell happens to sell here in northern NJ, and it cleaned up knock retard completely, the entire spark retard graph is full of zeros. Previously I saw 0.5-2.5 at the top of 4th and right after shifting to 5th, almost like clockwork.

(This much may have been overkill and I'll definitely back off a bit next time, now that I see it does work.)

[ZL1 1LE]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

I've tried Race-Gas today and can confirm that it works very well.

I mixed 20 oz into 7 gallons of the crappy 93 that Shell happens to sell here in northern NJ, and it cleaned up knock retard completely, the entire spark retard graph is full of zeros. Previously I saw 0.5-2.5 at the top of 4th and right after shifting to 5th, almost like clockwork.

(This much may have been overkill and I'll definitely back off a bit next time, now that I see it does work.)

Thanks for the proof!

[drfeelgood]

Originally Posted by arpad_m

I've tried Race-Gas today and can confirm that it works very well.

I mixed 20 oz into 7 gallons of the crappy 93 that Shell happens to sell here in northern NJ, and it cleaned up knock retard completely, the entire spark retard graph is full of zeros. Previously I saw 0.5-2.5 at the top of 4th and right after shifting to 5th, almost like clockwork.

(This much may have been overkill and I'll definitely back off a bit next time, now that I see it does work.)

Yessir, I have seen the graphs and seen that it’s works. There are a few YouTube videos as well. And Booostane explains it via video on their website and shows what it does in various setups

[ZL1 1LE]

Originally Posted by drfeelgood

Yessir, I have seen the graphs and seen that it’s works. There are a few YouTube videos as well. And Booostane explains it via video on their website and shows what it does in various setups

You as well Dr. Your tune proves that it works also.