Octane booster.

kroz123 · Post by **kroz123** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:59 am

What do you guys think about using octane booster?

Is it safe to use?
What does it do?

I think my injectors are dirty, what should I use, Octane?

Thanx in advance

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:05 am

Uhh, extra octane wont benifit you in anyway. Just a hungry wallet. It doesnt clean anything, doesnt help my gas milage, doesnt give you more power... nothing.

The only thing its good for is turbo/supercharged engines running high boost and if you tune the engine for higher octane

kroz123 · Post by **kroz123** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:06 am

kinkyllama wrote:Uhh, extra octane wont benifit you in anyway. Just a hungry wallet. It doesnt clean anything, doesnt help my gas milage, doesnt give you more power... nothing.

The only thing its good for is turbo/supercharged engines running high boost and if you tune the engine for higher octane

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Ok man thanx for the info.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:13 am

rr__kroz123 wrote:
kinkyllama wrote:Uhh, extra octane wont benifit you in anyway. Just a hungry wallet. It doesnt clean anything, doesnt help my gas milage, doesnt give you more power... nothing.

The only thing its good for is turbo/supercharged engines running high boost and if you tune the engine for higher octane
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Ok man thanx for the info.

Anytime.

oh yeah just get some injector cleaner!

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:31 am

i use STP injectors cleaner.

MMamdouh

derost · Post by **derost** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:42 pm

Higher octane is used to prevent knock (premature detonation caused by high compression; think diesels). This is only usually a concern if you are running forced induction, or a high compression ratio of like... 12:1 or more. Most N/A cars are factory tuned for 87 octane.

I dont know this for a fact, but someone told me that the SRT-4's Stage 3 upgrade has a canister of octane booster, some external engine controller, and boost controller. At the flick of a switch, it injects octane juice, changes the fuel curve, and cranks up the turbo PSI to like 20-something.

As I said though, I dont know for sure.

kroz123 · Post by **kroz123** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:32 am

mmamdouh wrote:i use STP injectors cleaner.

MMamdouh

What other brand can I use? (Penzoil, Gunk?)
We have only these brand here, I think.
So which can I go for?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:44 am

we don't have those here so i can't tell but basicly go for a product that comes from a reputable company.

MMamdouh