Ed;
Yes... the "good ol' days." When I ran my GTO back in the 60s, I used Sonoco
260. It was about 103 octane, if I remember correctly. Some of you East
Coast guys might remember the right octane rating of that gas; it isn't sold
anymore, of course, and Sonoco- brand gasoline is not available in the West.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Van Scoy [mailto:ed@vetteracing.com]
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 2:15 PM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: 'Ed Van Scoy'; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Octane Booster
Yeah, but "back then" at least we could get 100 octane at the
pump.
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 14:58:12 -0500
>From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
>Subject: RE: Octane Booster
>To: "'Ed Van Scoy'" <ed@vetteracing.com>,
land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>Ed;
>
>Some years back we used a low percentage of xylene (or
toluene-- I can't
>remember which it was) & gasoline in a ski boat powered with
a BBC. Some
>rejetting & timing changes were needed, though. Nothing blew up.
>
>Some pretty radical fuel mixtures were concocted by racers
before the days
>of standardized fuel regulations. In the old days, those
exotic fuel
>mixtures were refered to as "bug juice."
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ed Van Scoy [mailto:ed@vetteracing.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:01 AM
>To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>Subject: Octane Booster
>
>
>I am on another "car" list, and the following formula was put
>forth as an effective octane booster. Sounds like an
>engine-killer to me, but we have people on this list that know
>about this stuff... Any comments?
>
>Get some Xylene from a paint store.
>
>Mixtures with 92 Octane Premium
>10%...........94.5 Octane
>20%...........97.0 Octane
>30%...........99.5 Octane
>
>
>Ed
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