Well, not all octane boosters are snake oil, although some seem to be. There
was a good scientific comparison that was done by a lab in Australia, and I
saved that Web page a while back. Now that link is dead, but I found what
might be a writeup from another source on the same study.
http://www.gtatech.com/news_au_articl.html
The octane booster I could find locally was NOS Racing Formula, which I have
used in my 2000 for several years. It appears to work.
But since you are using low-octane gas to begin with, adding an octane
booster wouldn't make much sense economically. It is cheaper to just buy the
"good stuff" and pay a couple bucks more per tankful than to spend five
bucks on octane booster.
Gordon
Renton WA
1967 2000 #430
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Michael Knorr
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 6:59 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Octane booster opinions request
>
>
> I'm sure this subject has been revisited on this server ad
> nauseum, but what
> are your opinions on octane boosters in this unleaded era? Do I
> need one or
> not? If I do, what brands do you favor? If I don't, why am I
> concerned? An
> acquaintance just restored a '69 1600, fine tuned it, added an octane
> booster, and passed State of Utah emissions WITHOUT a smog pump.
> I own a '66
> and so don't have to worry (yet) about smog inspections, but my car still
> pings away when I'm climbing up my steep driveway in second gear -- first
> gear, no problemo. Also, when I'm driving up Capitol Hill in Salt
> Lake City
> and decide to punch it. I run cheap as I can get 80-whatever
> octane regular
> gas in my car, and treat it like a newborn.
>
> Regards, Michael Knorr
> 1966 SPL311-03639
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