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Old Mar 5, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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Fifth Gear a car show on BBC actually did a test of octane boosters. They found that all of the ones they tested actually caused a 2% loss of power. The tests were run on an engine on a dyno using exact measuments of gas and additives all giving the same results.
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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We all make mistakes. Hopefully, we don't make the same one twice.
I'd take it easy on the accelerator and get that tank near empty and then fill-up with good 93 again. Give it a few miles afterwards to purge the old crap out of the lines and hopefully the problem will be gone.
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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157db....i don't get it.....when i said i read the directions, all it said was to add to a near empty tank, then fill with gas.....you can quote me, but at least try to figure out the obvious first! what's this about a cheap throttle body spacer and doubling up on octane booster next time? do you understand what this site is for?.......not personal and ignorant attacks!
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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+1
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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If you are not FI DONT use high octane!
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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If you are not FI DONT use high octane!
huh...WTF
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 08:50 PM
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Fifth Gear a car show on BBC actually did a test of octane boosters. They found that all of the ones they tested actually caused a 2% loss of power. The tests were run on an engine on a dyno using exact measuments of gas and additives all giving the same results.
yeah but dyno's aren't that accurate..the accuracy is probably more than + or - 2%....

im not defending the octane booster, just saying..

Original: howarmat
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ORIGINAL: Meangreen1200

If you are not FI DONT use high octane!
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huh...WTF
im just as lost....
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 09:11 PM
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i added 101 to my 05about 7-8 months after i bought it before getting it dynoed.same thing happened.long story short,change plugs yours are shot.the plugs gon't like the octane boosters.
Old Mar 5, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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+1.
Whipple says right in their manual that octane boosters are very hard on spark pulgs.
Old Mar 6, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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If you are not FI DONT use high octane!
huh...WTF
FI= Forced Induction. Why does everybody think they need to run93 plus octanewhen they are not running FI.



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