Homebrew octane booster safe?

[Shemoves]

This is the formula:

How to make your own octane booster (this is the basic formula of one of the popular octane booster products). To make eight 16 ounce bottles (128 oz = 1 gal):

100 oz of toulene for octane boost
25 oz of mineral spirits (cleaning agent)
3 oz of transmission fluid (lubricating agent)

This product is advertised as "octane booster with cleaning agent *and* lubricating agent!". Diesel fuel or kerosene can be substituted for mineral spirits and light turbine oil can be substituted for transmission fluid. Color can be added with petroleum dye.

from this site: http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/octanebooster.html

Also, does he mean ATF or gear oil?

 

[Shannow]

Next to useless.

12Oz of toluene in a tank won't do a great deal of octane boosting. Mineral spirits and ATF will degrade the Octane that you've barely picked up with the toluene.

 

[tom slick]

how much "boost" do you think you'll get with this concoction?

 

[bruce381]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
Next to useless.

12Oz of toluene in a tank won't do a great deal of octane boosting. Mineral spirits and ATF will degrade the Octane that you've barely picked up with the toluene.


Thats what i was going to say any improvement is LOST with the mineral spirts and oils
bruce

 

[Pablo]

No good.

As the others said. And ATF has additives in it that you really don't want in your fuel.

Toluene can be an octane booster.

 

[Quest]

Originally Posted By: Shemoves
This is the formula:

How to make your own octane booster (this is the basic formula of one of the popular octane booster products). To make eight 16 ounce bottles (128 oz = 1 gal):

100 oz of toulene for octane boost
25 oz of mineral spirits (cleaning agent)
3 oz of transmission fluid (lubricating agent)

This product is advertised as "octane booster with cleaning agent *and* lubricating agent!". Diesel fuel or kerosene can be substituted for mineral spirits and light turbine oil can be substituted for transmission fluid. Color can be added with petroleum dye.

from this site: http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/octanebooster.html

Also, does he mean ATF or gear oil?


LOL! That's not octane booster but more like flame retardant inside your combustion chamber.


Q.

 

[psudaytona]

Well, if my math is right:

With only using toluene and NO other additives.

Take a 13 gallon tank and fill 1 gallon of toluene at 114 octane. And the rest with 93 octane premium.
(1/13) * 114 = 8.77
(12/13) * 93 = 85.85
8.77 + 85.85 = 94.62 octane in your tank. Not a really impressive boost.

To get 100 octane race fuel you would need:
4.5 gallons of toluene in a 13 gallon tank!

(4.5/13) * 114 = 37.27
(8.5/13) * 93 = 60.81
100.27 octane.

 

[flacoman]

I added a gallon when the low fuel light came on in my VW ;woke it up nicely

my2c
Jorge