Hi, I've recently bought an STI5 Type R (with no history) and will be getting it remapped soon, however until I do I'm running it on V-Power with octane booster. Are there any particular boosters out there that are better/worse than others?

 

Used to run mine on Nitrous Formula Black, messy but good.

Others use Millers, simple 1 bottle to a fill.

 

Please note though that when they say 'raises Octane by 3 points' that often means by 0.3 (say 97 to 97.3) not 3 (97-100) its worth checking to be sure!

Simon

 

I run 10% methanol with v power, works out cheaper than a full tank of v power.

Banny

 

Where can you get hold of cheap methanol in bulk Banny?

 

I have a type r too, i have been putting in 97 ron petrol, is that not enough by its self thn?

 

Jennychem the number is 01634245666, its about £35 inc del for a 25ltr drum.

Banny

 

Do you have to have it mapped for use with methanol?

You can use Toluene too.

I always used NF booster before a new ECU and map, for 2 1/2 years, never had any problems, plugs go a different colour though.

Depending on how many miles you do in your car, you'll soon get the cost of a remap back with better fuel consumption compared to leaving it and using booster.

I've just won some octane tablets from Japtorq, so I'll see how these do on the ECU monitor.


cheers
Dill

 

I use NF, imported by Roger Clark Motorsport who can mail it out to you but lots of other people around the country also sell NF. From the tests I have done I believe NF is the most effective octane booster I have used in terms of performance and value for money.
Millers Octane Plus only lifts the octane .3 as already explained above but the CVL performs as well as NF but unfortunately is much more expensive.

 

dont ever use octane boosting tablets, they are made from rust particles [ferrocence]
Anyway i used millers cvl turbo today, does about 1.3 points for each full tank but she runs plenty well enough on vpower i did it as a treat

Made of ferrocene (iron compound) that releases a cloud of iron oxides (rusts) which works as combustion catalyst and forms coating in the engine. Ferrocene is illegal for bulk treatment of fuels in USA . Was used in USA in the 1930s as octane booster but discontinued due to problems with spark plug and excessive engine wear.

 

Is there more that one type of NF? If so whats the best one?