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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 09:49 PM
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racing fuel=toluene?

So, I heard that toluene is equivalent to race gas. Sounds kind of dangerous to throw a paint thinner in to my gas tank. I'm going to put a gallon of race fuel to hopefully up the 91 here in OK. I looked and it sounds like 10% or 1.2 gallons will up me to around 94.2 octane.so does this sound safe?
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 09:59 PM
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yes, it is safe.
buy mystery oil from pepboys and use that with it.
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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yeah adding a gallon is fine but you don't want to fill the tank with it though...pump gas has additional additives that obviously aren't going to be in paint thinner. I think there is a big thread about this somewhere on here.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 06:12 AM
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you will need about three gallons of 100 in your full tank to get 93.

100 octane x 3 gal = 300
91 octane x 11 gal = 1001
1001+300 = 1301
1301/14 (total # of gal) = 92.9 octane
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Old May 1, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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I called the place that's sels 110 octane he said that leaded would ruin my 02 sensors and cats. I better wait on that. But they do carry 104 octane unleaded
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Old May 2, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by RallyRedRSIX
So, I heard that toluene is equivalent to race gas. Sounds kind of dangerous to throw a paint thinner in to my gas tank. I'm going to put a gallon of race fuel to hopefully up the 91 here in OK. I looked and it sounds like 10% or 1.2 gallons will up me to around 94.2 octane.so does this sound safe?
do a search. plenty of threads on this.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Don't exceed 30% toluene to gas ratio. And handle it carefully - avoid skin contact and breathing it in. Oh, but it works like a ****...
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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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http://www.elektro.com/~audi/audi/toluene.html
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