whats this i hear about mothballs in the gas tank?

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08-28-2005, 06:19 PM

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nathansmith50

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RE: whats this i hear about mothballs in the gas tank?

on race day i generally run a mixture of saki, windex, and shaving cream. gives me 100 extra horsepower.

08-28-2005, 06:49 PM

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Dave2000GT

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RE: whats this i hear about mothballs in the gas tank?

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ORIGINAL: JD1969

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ORIGINAL: jchittick

On mythbusters last night, they put moth ***** in the gas tank and it actually gave it an octane boost, hence my signature.

I saw the episode, and they in no way were able to tell what effect the moth ***** had on the octane of the fuel, they would need a lab to measure that. Octane is nothing more than a fuels ability to resist preignition. The engine in question did seem to run smother and sounded better, but I have no idea why, possible the moth ball actually made the fuel more volitile but I really don't know.

Maybe they bumped the timing and found that with the moth ***** it would advance further than regular gas before pinging. You could probably add lots of differnt things that would reduce pinging.. since all you need is something that would REDUCE the volatility of gas.. the reason you DON"T do it though is because just adding any old crap like moth ***** will have bad effects on the motor internals, which is why you pay a little extra for actual higher grade gasoline that will burn cleanly. Short term effect may be similar though.

09-14-2005, 01:58 AM

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stupidfast98gt

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RE: whats this i hear about mothballs in the gas tank?

thats funny you guys use moth *****/ i just use 93 octane on my 98 gt when it only needs regular i love wasting time and money on stupid things i'm gonna try the saki. moth ***** make like 1000 hp you'll twist your frame don't do it.

09-14-2005, 03:21 AM

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Pyrat

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RE: whats this i hear about mothballs in the gas tank?

LOL, I hadn't heard the mothball thing for years. Here's a link to a discussion on it by the Car Talk guys.

http://www.cartalk.com/content/colum...bruary/09.html

09-14-2005, 06:49 AM

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DILO2001GT

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RE: whats this i hear about mothballs in the gas tank?

OHHH soooo thats what it is suppose to do

hmmm silly oh me drained all the gas outta my car and filled the tank with mothballs but now i can't get my car running[:@] can anyone help me out as to why this is cuz i hear if you do what i did with the mothballs that your car will never have to be filled ever again that the mothballs last forever and keep your tank at full. although i could be wrong i mean i did eat a dozen of them before i did all this[&o]