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Octane Booster
- Thread starter ataman
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I am sorry, I am new to all this... What is w/m kit?
xHeartcoreboyx
IceCream GTI
Water and methanol.
Red2011GTI
Go Kart Champion
Your lucky to have 94. The best we have is 91. If I want 93 I gotta put in 100 mixed with 91 to get to 93.
Stay away from those bottles of octane booster.
W/M stands for water/methanol
Stay away from those bottles of octane booster.
W/M stands for water/methanol
AdvanSuper
Banned
Nos works awesome as an octane booster
Sometimes, when I want more power, im using some Octane bottle booster. Since I cant get any real 94 octane here, most of the time, im using 91, So, a little bottle + 91 full look like it working. I can feel the extra torqy and the motor didnt ping or didnt gave me sign of flaw of any kind yet.
So, whats wrong with Octane booster tell me, something sure, it really boost the octane!, now on regular usage, it could be bad for the catalysor? What could happen on regular use ?
thx
So, whats wrong with Octane booster tell me, something sure, it really boost the octane!, now on regular usage, it could be bad for the catalysor? What could happen on regular use ?
thx
Arin@APR
GOLFMK7 Official Sponsor
ataman,
Octane booster has shown to give flaky results. I would NOT use octane booster with our 100 octane programs. I would ONLY use 100 octane and higher with our 100 octane program.
Since you have access to 94 octane, use it with our 93 octane programming. What you'll find is the extra octane will give you a slight edge over 93 octane alone. You'll have less chances for knock to occur which will mean timing will continue to advance further. Further advanced timing means cooler EGT's which will result in a leaner air fuel ratio to be run. A leaner air fuel ratio with further advanced timing will give you awesome power results.
Stick with the 94 octane on the APR 93 octane tune and you'll make plenty of power and guarantee the engine is safe!
Octane booster has shown to give flaky results. I would NOT use octane booster with our 100 octane programs. I would ONLY use 100 octane and higher with our 100 octane program.
Since you have access to 94 octane, use it with our 93 octane programming. What you'll find is the extra octane will give you a slight edge over 93 octane alone. You'll have less chances for knock to occur which will mean timing will continue to advance further. Further advanced timing means cooler EGT's which will result in a leaner air fuel ratio to be run. A leaner air fuel ratio with further advanced timing will give you awesome power results.
Stick with the 94 octane on the APR 93 octane tune and you'll make plenty of power and guarantee the engine is safe!
Jekyll991
Ready to race!
Mildly off topic but what is APR's view on using water/meth injection to run the 100 octane tune with 93?
Not that I'll ever likely have w/m but I see it being thrown around a lot, but I've never seen anyone post logs to show if they had timing being pulled and whatnot.
untangle
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Why not?
It seems to me that the responses on this thread are a bit conservative.
My guess is that there are two major reasons for this:
Both valid, to be sure. It's difficult to find, even on the vastness of the web, definitive data on the efficacy of store-bought boosters.
But there are well-known ways to protect against disaster:
1. Mix your own. See here and here for a discussion of this topic. I plan to try this, at least as an experiment.
2. Pay attention & run logs. Seems to me, if you don't hear detonation and the ECU isn't pulling timing, then the engine likes the fuel/tune combo that it's experiencing.
3. Run W/M. Also a well-known methodology.
Having said all that, I seriously doubt that I'll do this additive stuff on a regular basis. Too costly, too much a hassle, and always a possibility that I'll forget the additive.
Am I missing something?
Bob
It seems to me that the responses on this thread are a bit conservative.
My guess is that there are two major reasons for this:
- The bad rep of off-the-shelf additives, and the sketchy knowledge of how much they boost octane; and/or
- The concern that an owner will crank in a 100-octane tune, forget that they need 100-octane fuel, and cause damage
Both valid, to be sure. It's difficult to find, even on the vastness of the web, definitive data on the efficacy of store-bought boosters.
But there are well-known ways to protect against disaster:
1. Mix your own. See here and here for a discussion of this topic. I plan to try this, at least as an experiment.
2. Pay attention & run logs. Seems to me, if you don't hear detonation and the ECU isn't pulling timing, then the engine likes the fuel/tune combo that it's experiencing.
3. Run W/M. Also a well-known methodology.
Having said all that, I seriously doubt that I'll do this additive stuff on a regular basis. Too costly, too much a hassle, and always a possibility that I'll forget the additive.
Am I missing something?
Bob
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untangle
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Bender1
Banned
never, as usual. :thumbsup: