Sounds like good old fashioed hot rodding ;-)
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:04:42 -0700
>From: Doug Odom <popms@thegrid.net>
>Subject: Re: Octane Booster
>To: Ed Van Scoy <ed@vetteracing.com>
>Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
>
> Back in the early 70's when we had the first energy
problem. Race gas was
>hard to get for our NASCAR Winston West series races. UNOCAL
told us that the
>best way to make our own gas was to take a 55 gal barrel. Go
down to the air
>port and get 25 gals. of 110 av. Then go to the gas station
and get 25 gals of
>leaded 91 octane. Then go to the paint store and get 3 gals.
of toluene. Mix it
>up good and you had the same basic thing as UNOCAL race gas.
Now that was 30
>years ago so some things have changed but it worked for us
then. Doug Odom in
>big ditch
>
>Ed Van Scoy wrote:
>
>> I am on another "car" list, and the following formula was put
>> forth as an effective octane booster. Sounds like an
>> engine-killer to me, but we have people on this list that know
>> about this stuff... Any comments?
>>
>> Get some Xylene from a paint store.
>>
>> Mixtures with 92 Octane Premium
>> 10%...........94.5 Octane
>> 20%...........97.0 Octane
>> 30%...........99.5 Octane
>>
>> Ed
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