A quick question....Can I put 87 octane in my Mach 1 that calls for premium
gas if I add a bottle of 104 octane booster ?

 

You could probably get away with it, but I wouldn't make it a lifestyle. I assume that you bought fuel somewhere that was out of premium, or are anticipating the possibility?

The problem I have with these snake oil/octane boosters is, I have yet to see one that mentions on it's labeling the amount of points it increases octane by in a given amount of fuel. There's just a lot of misinformation about these sort of products (per their labeling and advertising) that is aimed right at the wallets of people who don't know better.

 

Also the price of the octane booster could easily be more than the difference between filling up with regular and premium, I mean really it's typically only a few buck more.

 

That's what I was thinking...With the labeling and not enough information.
Thanks, Z28KLR.

 

Thanks AK Kayaker.

 

I called up the Valvoline oil tech support line one time and got hold of one of their engineering eggheads. I noticed that they had changed their rating so called to ask about that then got off the subject I called about and onto the question of octane and using the octane boosters. What he told me was don't waste your time with the "miracle in a bottle" octane boosters. He told me that if you want higher octane then buy higher octane.

I mentioned that our Sunoco station here in town sells high octane fuel for about 10.00 a gallon but that is cost prohibitive so I go out to the airport and buy their airplane fuel and mix it about 50/50 with the 93 octane in my fastback (healthy 351w). He said that buying the airplane fuel is fine but not to run 100% or even 50/50 on the street because there were no idling properties built into that fuel and at most run it 70/30 (70% pump gas & 30% airplane fuel).

His pearls o' wisdom had some merit to them because when I would run it 50/50 or higher it would idle like crap around town but when I got on it, it would run like a raped ape. Once I started following his advice on the mix I did indeed notice an improvement in the street manners while still providing a very noticeable performance boost over using the straight 93 octane swill.