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Re: Octane boost brand

From: "benf802961(at)aol.com" <benf802961(at)aol.com>

Subject: Re: Octane boost brand

Date: 23 Sep 2005 22:16:19 -0700

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95% of Octane Booster is just snake oil.

It won`t hurt anything but your pocketbook.






From: Barking Rats <noemails(at)myemail.com>

Subject: Re: Octane boost brand

Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:39:56 -0700

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In article <1127538979.795543.158050(at)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,

"benf802961(at)aol.com" <benf802961(at)aol.com> wrote:



> 95% of Octane Booster is just snake oil.

> It won`t hurt anything but your pocketbook.



Is this a personal opinion or can you cite any reference material I

might be able to look at?



As I mentioned, I`m not after the boost as much as the lead substitution

and fuel stabilization qualities. 94 octane unleaded seems to do OK in

my 427 - though i don`t get my foot in it very hard, very often.



Here`s waving to ya - ||||



Owen

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`67BB & `72BB



-- not affiliated with JLA forum in any way -- alt.autos.corvette is

original posting --

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"To know the world intimately is the beginning of caring."

-- Ann Hayman Zwinger






From: PJ <pj4380(at)yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Octane boost brand

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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:50:31 -0700

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Barking Rats wrote:

> In article <1127538979.795543.158050(at)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,

> "benf802961(at)aol.com" <benf802961(at)aol.com> wrote:

>

>

>>95% of Octane Booster is just snake oil.

>>It won`t hurt anything but your pocketbook.

>

>

> Is this a personal opinion or can you cite any reference material I

> might be able to look at?



No credentials for the folks in <

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-395658.html >; but,

one poster says that auto store products are mostly legit--only the

decimal point is in a different place. "Four points" of boost means

that it raises octane from 87 to 87.4. Thread also has a formula for

adding bulk xylene or toluene to gasoline--remember that xylene attacks

some plastics and toluene is toxic. As a kid I breathed a lot of

toluene cleaning engines (perhaps the reason I`m senile 55 years later).

>

> As I mentioned, I`m not after the boost as much as the lead substitution

> and fuel stabilization qualities. 94 octane unleaded seems to do OK in

> my 427 - though i don`t get my foot in it very hard, very often.



Here`s a Brit thread < http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/fuel/LRP.html >

that contains less environmental emotion on the lead topic and it offers

some substitute products. I hadn`t realized that the Brits were a

couple of decades behind us in making a universal move to

stellite/hardened valve seats. If you opt for a manganese product, it

might be available in Canada as they are more tolerant of manganese

additives that we are in the U.S.

>

> Here`s waving to ya - ||||

>

> Owen

> ___

>

> `67BB & `72BB

>

> -- not affiliated with JLA forum in any way -- alt.autos.corvette is

> original posting --

> ___

>

> "To know the world intimately is the beginning of caring."

> -- Ann Hayman Zwinger



...PJ



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