Note that the same article says that a pint of Toluene will only raise
octane by a few tenths of an octane point, eg from 92 to 92.3. Even
mixing 10% (eg a gallon of toluene in 9 gallons of premium) only gets
you to 94 octane !
As I said, most 'octane improvers' don't work worth beans. And, an ounce
of Outlaw Racing formula (MMT based) gives more octane increase for less
money, even if you can buy Toluene for $2.50/gallon.
Makes sense if you think about it. The company that makes MMT spent a
lot of time and effort understanding how tetraethyl lead works to
increase octane and prevent valve seat recession, and came up with a
compound that works the same way but does not contain lead. If they
hadn't come up with something that works noticeably better than paint
thinner, they wouldn't bother marketing it.
Randall
Erik Quackenbush wrote:
> My info came from here:
>
> http://www.team.net/sol/tech/octane_b.html
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