I now use Torco octane booster and it works!
#1
Melting Slicks
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I now use Torco accelerator octane booster and it works!
I have been having detonation problems with the crappy 91 pump gas here when they upped the Ethanol % for the winter Gas here in California in October and as soon as my boost would hit 6 psi I hear the marbles (I go to 10-12 psi). I did not want to back off the timing or tweak the tune and lose hp.
I was mixing 100 racing gas in with the pump 91 to blend for 95 octane but after I hadnt blended up any racing gas as my local connection was out and I was horribly detonating after severely raping a Saleen Mustang I decided to stop by a local supplier and buy a qt of the Torco stuff.
WOW! Not a single sound of detonation all the way to 10-12 psi even in 4th gear with just 1/2 qt to 10 gallons.
The performance is night and day difference now with this stuff. The engine loves the extra octane even down in lower rpms where there was no detonation before.
I would highly recommend this stuff over mixing racing gas. I buy it from a forum member with great prices with same day shipping.
I was mixing 100 racing gas in with the pump 91 to blend for 95 octane but after I hadnt blended up any racing gas as my local connection was out and I was horribly detonating after severely raping a Saleen Mustang I decided to stop by a local supplier and buy a qt of the Torco stuff.
WOW! Not a single sound of detonation all the way to 10-12 psi even in 4th gear with just 1/2 qt to 10 gallons.
The performance is night and day difference now with this stuff. The engine loves the extra octane even down in lower rpms where there was no detonation before.
I would highly recommend this stuff over mixing racing gas. I buy it from a forum member with great prices with same day shipping.
Last edited by briann510; 02-28-2009 at 04:29 AM.
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I have been having detonation problems with the crappy 91 pump gas here when they upped the Ethanol % for the winter Gas here in California in October and as soon as my boost would hit 6 psi I hear the marbles (I go to 10-12 psi). I did not want to back off the timing or tweak the tune and lose hp.
I was mixing 100 racing gas in with the pump 91 to blend for 95 octane but after I hadnt blended up any racing gas as my local connection was out and I was horribly detonating after severely raping a Saleen Mustang I decided to stop by a local supplier and buy a qt of the Torco stuff.
WOW! Not a single sound of detonation all the way to 10-12 psi even in 4th gear with just 1/2 qt to 10 gallons.
The performance is night and day difference now with this stuff. The engine loves the extra octane even down in lower rpms where there was no detonation before.
I would highly recommend this stuff over mixing racing gas. I buy it from a forum member with great prices with same day shipping.
I was mixing 100 racing gas in with the pump 91 to blend for 95 octane but after I hadnt blended up any racing gas as my local connection was out and I was horribly detonating after severely raping a Saleen Mustang I decided to stop by a local supplier and buy a qt of the Torco stuff.
WOW! Not a single sound of detonation all the way to 10-12 psi even in 4th gear with just 1/2 qt to 10 gallons.
The performance is night and day difference now with this stuff. The engine loves the extra octane even down in lower rpms where there was no detonation before.
I would highly recommend this stuff over mixing racing gas. I buy it from a forum member with great prices with same day shipping.
#3
Race Director
Glad the Torco worked for you. If you can hear detonation at 12 psi and stay on the go pedal, your motor isn't long for this world.