Now that you mention it, one wouldn't think a stock 1980 B would require
premium fuel. So something is screwy...
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 9/5/05 1:17 PM, Paul Root at ptroot@iaces.com wrote:
> Back before I changed to twin HIFs, I thought I had
> a car that needed higher octane. Turns out the cat was
> just leaking causing the ZS to boil and vapor lock.
>
> Max Heim wrote:
>> Octane booster should work as a temporary fix. I had to use it for a while
>> on my high-compression V8 (other car). I wouldn't recommend it for regular
>> use -- the ingredient list is pretty scary. And it isn't cheap (probably
>> around $40/gal equivalent, though you only use around 8 oz. per tankful).
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>>
>>
>> on 9/5/05 11:41 AM, Marc at smarc@smarc.net wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I needed to fuel up my 80 mgb, and due to the price, I opted to buy the
>>> cheaper regular gas instead of the (now very) expensive hi octane I
>>> normally use. The car quickly reminded me why I use hi-test: The engine
>>> was pinking and rattling so bad on the short trip home (~ 2 miles) that
>>> I was afraid it would self-destruct. Perhaps the fuel is lower grade
>>> than usual owing to current conditions here?
>>>
>>> I retarded the timing in several steps to try and improve the situation,
>>> eventually winding up at the end of the timing scale. There was some
>>> improvement, but it's still very bad. The other issue with low octane is
>>> a running-on condition.
>>>
>>> So, other then draining the tank to use in my daily driver and refilling
>>> with hi-test, any other suggestions? Is octane booster a viable choice,
>>> or bogus?
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