fuel additive/octane booster.

[011silver 2SS]

can anyone recommend a octane booster or additive that actually works? i know some that are out there claim 2-5 points, but actually only raise it say, from 93 to 93.5. they are a waiste of money. can be confusing. klotz is what i used when i raced sleds and it was an oxygen additive / octane booster. and worked well. someone in the know? thx dan

[Blue17CamaroZL1]

When I had my Corvette, I went to the gas station and told the attendant to fill it with 93. I go in the little store, come out and it's full with a $32 bill due. I figured this to be rather cheap. I checked the fill and he had filled it with 87. After cursing out the attending for 10 minutes, I went to the pepboys next door and got octane booster to try and bring it back up and it did the job for that tank of gas. No sputtering or issues.

[Juiced1]

They generally won't do much. Why are you trying to raise your octane? What mods do you have done?

[Juiced1]

Originally Posted by Blue10CamaroSS

When I had my Corvette, I went to the gas station and told the attendant to fill it with 93. I go in the little store, come out and it's full with a $32 bill due. I figured this to be rather cheap. I checked the fill and he had filled it with 87. After cursing out the attending for 10 minutes, I went to the pepboys next door and got octane booster to try and bring it back up and it did the job for that tank of gas. No sputtering or issues.

You can run your car on lower octace. It will just pick up the lower octane timing map in your ecm. This will drive fine but lower your horsepower a LOT!

[Blue17CamaroZL1]

Originally Posted by Juiced1

You can run your car on lower octace. It will just pick up the lower octane timing map in your ecm. This will drive fine but lower your horsepower a LOT!

I know it can, but I was getting ready to take an all highway trip for about 145 miles and didn't want to be chugging along in a Corvette

[NinoSS]

Originally Posted by 011silver 2SS

can anyone recommend a octane booster or additive that actually works? i know some that are out there claim 2-5 points, but actually only raise it say, from 93 to 93.5. they are a waiste of money. can be confusing. klotz is what i used when i raced sleds and it was an oxygen additive / octane booster. and worked well. someone in the know? thx dan

Torco works. I was at JRE getting a dyno tune and after 10-12 pulls it started to pull timing and loose a little power. We put half a can in and Ted drove it on the dyno for a little. After several successive pulls the numbers came back within 2hp or so...

In short it keeps the car from pulling timing (losing power) rather than make power.

[Juiced1]

Originally Posted by Blue10CamaroSS

I know it can, but I was getting ready to take an all highway trip for about 145 miles and didn't want to be chugging along in a Corvette

I don't blame you. I would told the gas station they can drop and drain my tank!

[011silver 2SS]

will be driving car late in the yr for my area, untill we get to salting the roads. not to many people running 93 this time of yr compared to summer. in case i get some stale premium would like to know whats what today. i have used torco in my sleds,, forgot about it. they make a few different types i think. you remeber which one u used? like i said,, some are oxygenated. some not. pm me if you want. i know this stuff can be (cheater fuel) LOL

[Padre]

Torco. Proven (to me) at the track.

Padre

[Falundir]

So would this be a viable alternative for those of us in Cal with 91 octane?

[Padre]

Originally Posted by Falundir

So would this be a viable alternative for those of us in Cal with 91 octane?

Costs $18/bottle. One bottle would treat maybe a half-tank of 91 and make it 93+.

Because of that, I'd use it only at the track. As it is, it would help prevent Knock Reduction. With a tune, lets you add a couple of degrees of timing.



Padre

[MRGOODWRENCH3]

Lucas

[jhormilla]

Originally Posted by 011silver 2SS

can anyone recommend a octane booster or additive that actually works? i know some that are out there claim 2-5 points, but actually only raise it say, from 93 to 93.5. they are a waiste of money. can be confusing. klotz is what i used when i raced sleds and it was an oxygen additive / octane booster. and worked well. someone in the know? thx dan

I recommend staying away from octane boosters, they can cause O2 sensor problems and injector performance problems with long term use. I used some years back and my plugs were always a rust color from deposits.
92 or 93 is fine for most mods unless you are running high compression, high boost or 125 or higher dose of nitrous. If you need more octane you can always run unleaded race fuel or mix it with pump to get a higher octane.



Julio