Ping Ping Ping
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Most of the octane boosters will not foul your engine. The big problem is that you have to add so much of it to the gas to get a real boost that it just doesn't pay. Oh, and it does not have the same power per gram. You get higher octane at the cost of lower energy for a given amount of fuel.
The only practical solution is to get racing fuel and mix it to get the octane you need. The problem here is the cost and the "off road use only" fuel. Get caught with it in the tank and pay a big fine. You can also mix in 115/145 avgas with the same boost and tax problems.
BP and a couple of other gas stations do sell 98 octane pump gas but it is not widely available. There are no 98 octane gas outlets in my area.
The only practical solution is to get racing fuel and mix it to get the octane you need. The problem here is the cost and the "off road use only" fuel. Get caught with it in the tank and pay a big fine. You can also mix in 115/145 avgas with the same boost and tax problems.
BP and a couple of other gas stations do sell 98 octane pump gas but it is not widely available. There are no 98 octane gas outlets in my area.
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You can twist perception....
.....but reality won't budge.
But hey, don't argue with success. If you've got it to stop sounding like it's crushing marbles, more power to you (no pun intended). I knew you'd have it fixed by the time I got back in town. 
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If you have the superchip......I would suggest that you remove it and put the stock chip back in. The chip will not add HP...at most it might turn on the fan early.
Years ago I put a Hypertech chip in my 85.....promises of 50 HP and other things. I then fought the PING for about 2 years. Tried different brands of fuel, moved from regular to premium, played with distributor settings....octane boost...etc. It would come and go. When I had the car dyno tuned and a custom chip burned for it we discovered that the setting on the chip were advancing the distributor to 43 degrees (normal would be a max of about 34) and it was REDUCING fuel....no wonder it would PING. Never had a problem with the custom chip.
Years ago I put a Hypertech chip in my 85.....promises of 50 HP and other things. I then fought the PING for about 2 years. Tried different brands of fuel, moved from regular to premium, played with distributor settings....octane boost...etc. It would come and go. When I had the car dyno tuned and a custom chip burned for it we discovered that the setting on the chip were advancing the distributor to 43 degrees (normal would be a max of about 34) and it was REDUCING fuel....no wonder it would PING. Never had a problem with the custom chip.
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Ping ping. No ford guys
thanks john a. marker ill try that and see if it works. and WW7 BUY A FORD MUSTANG IF YOU WANT TO COMPLAIN. SO WHAT IF ITS AND OLD THREAD. 
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