I've heard a lot about octane boosters being used on imports due the the Japanese having 100 RON fuel, but would any benefit be obtained in using boosters on a UK car?

Does upping the octane rating make the engine run hotter or more efficiently and hence cooler?

Would I notice any power gain on a uk car?

I'm sure I read somewhere that imports can suffer up to 30 Bhp loss due to our inferior fuel. Is this true?

Any info on this topic would be warmly received.

Cheers

Rich

 

Craig,

Cheers for that m8

Rich

 

 

Not seen that Nitrous link before - an Oz octane booster that claims up to six RON improvement.

Anybody tried it or have a view? Mike Tuckwood?

Richard

 

Richard,

I'll let you know in a few weeks. Have got some on order.

saw a test in a mag with a load of other boosters -all the tests were done on a compression machine so they got true results.

In the diluted treatment (where you get 6 tanks out of a bottle) it upped SUL to 99.8 and for the whole bottle, it went to 102 or 103.

So it seems pretty good.

 

I've got 10 bottles of Miller's octane booster on order from Scoobymania, so I'll see how that goes too.

Rich.

 

Craig, thanks.

Can you remember which magazine those booster tests were in, and the issue date?

Cheers.

Richard.

 

Richard,

Magazine was Fast WRX. Issue 2.

 

OK.

Firstly, these tests were all done in a Knock Engine and the base fuel was Shell Super, which came out at 96.8 Ron.

There were some "major" brands in the test, such as Wynns and STP, which gave between .6 and .8 improvement.

They tried Toluene and that gave a 2.5 Ron improvement, then NF wwhich gave a 2.8 Ron improvement.

The only thing better on the day was Elf 107 Ron race fuel.

 

Craig, I'm sure many people would appreciate a quick summary of the results out of the magazine.

Thanks

 

Hi Craig,

Where did you order the NF from? I would appreciate any details (ie cost, availability etc).

Cheers

Simon

 

Rich iuse silklone pro boost from graham goode racing(tel 01162452320) i'm not sure how much it up's the RON but i know it has a marked improvment on performance.
hope this helps
john baldock
hazzar for lord blackadder

 

Guys NF can only be bought from 1 source in the UK so drop Craig an email! Im getting mine this week and can't wait for some decent Booster

 

Baldrick,

Cheers for that. Since using the Millers (for only a couple of fill ups) I can't say I've noticed any performance improvement but the mpg has shot up. I'm getting 30-40 miles more to a tank. Had to do an ecu reset as the exhaust went really black at first, but since that it is fine.

Rich

 

yep can defo say that the pro boost makes a diff 2 pic-up

 

Searched the net using WEB FERRET and found lots of sites regarding octane booster.
Many interesting sites and the genaral impression i recieved were that rally teams and drag teams use ethyl achohol,xylene and tolulene along with other chemicals to boost octane.
Both which are used as regualar paint thinners!

 

ALthough there "may" be an alterior motive, NF raised Octane levels higher when compared to Toluene.