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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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STP Octane Booster

Has anyone ever used this?

I noticed it at the gas station today, and just wondered if it worked.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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Just get some race gas for higher octane.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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that didnt answer his question. He probably knows that.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 05:38 PM
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I am guilty of buying lucas octane booster one time before going to the track and I dropped about a tenth, on a day that was about 30 degrees F warner than the previous time at the track
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by urslo4n8
that didnt answer his question. He probably knows that.
lol

Yea I did know about the whole race gas thing, I was just curious if anyone ever buys this stuff

I went ahead and tried a bottle today after filling up...Seemed to feel a difference in performance.

Maybe it's all in my head though
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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...in your head bud.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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Basically, one bottle of that stuff will not make a difference. It MIGHT raise the octane by like .2, but it's not enough to notice.

Now, if you bought about 5 bottles and added it to half a tank of 93 you might have something to work with, but it's much cheaper to go by the paint store and get a gallon of toluene.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TouringBubble
Basically, one bottle of that stuff will not make a difference. It MIGHT raise the octane by like .2, but it's not enough to notice.

Now, if you bought about 5 bottles and added it to half a tank of 93 you might have something to work with, but it's much cheaper to go by the paint store and get a gallon of toluene.
So if I got a gallon of toluene and mixed it with 91 octane I still wouldn't realize much of a difference would I?

Meth is starting to look better and better
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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Add some toluene to half a tank of 91 and you'll see a difference. I've heard that toluene is around 117 octane equivalent or something. With those numbers, adding 1 gal toluene to 1/2 tank (7 gal) of 91, you'd have 8 gal of 94.25 octane fuel. Substitute 93 for the 91 and you'd have 96 octane.
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Old Sep 15, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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yezir meth will help!
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 01:49 AM
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i used to buy....er....obtain it from a grocery store i worked at for my old 90 carolla dx. i dont think its ment for performance though. anyways i think i got better gas milage out of it. maybe another 20 or so miles a tank
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 02:36 AM
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If you want stuff in a bottle get the NOS racing formula stuff, it increases like 6 or so octane points, they did a thing in SCC or something like that awhile ago...I used it before and I could tell a difference when mixed w/ 92, but its expensive.
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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^ i just bought a bottle of that couple days ago. gonna try it today. we'll see if it does any good.
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 11:02 AM
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Hmmm I've never seen that NOS stuff anywhere
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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I've used the NX Express formula.. <--- shame shame..
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