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05-21-2007 | 07:24 PM
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05-21-2007 | 07:45 PM
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Don't waste your money on that stuff.I have had good luck with Lucas fuel injector cleaner.The chevron works good and redline is supposed to work good but i have never used it.
Octane booster does not replace high test gas.There is also no reason for you to run high test gas because your truck is not tuned for it so you will receive no benefits.
Octane booster does not replace high test gas.There is also no reason for you to run high test gas because your truck is not tuned for it so you will receive no benefits.
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05-21-2007 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin24
Don't waste your money on that stuff.I have had good luck with Lucas fuel injector cleaner.The chevron works good and redline is supposed to work good but i have never used it.
Octane booster does not replace high test gas.There is also no reason for you to run high test gas because your truck is not tuned for it so you will receive no benefits.
Octane booster does not replace high test gas.There is also no reason for you to run high test gas because your truck is not tuned for it so you will receive no benefits.
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05-21-2007 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt****son
Man Kevin your helping me out with everything lately...haha...thats what i needed to know if it was worth using in my truck i was goin to get on the highway this weekend for a trip and try it to see what it does and im glad i know not to waste my money...
If you haven't run injector cleaner in awhile you should try that Lucas,it really helps smooth it out.I think the exact name is Lucas fuel injector and upper cylinder lubricant.Its kinda expensive and its not a very big bottle but it works.You need to save your $$$ for the exhaust.Later,
Kevin
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05-22-2007 | 01:31 AM
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05-22-2007 | 07:04 AM
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05-22-2007 | 12:25 PM
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Fyi-
Higher Octane has a slower flame front (takes more effort to ignite). It is useful in some older vehicles which have heavy deposits on the cylinder heads which heat up and pre-ignite the regular octane fuel (ie detonation or pinging). The higher octane will tolerate the heat from the deposits and will not ignite until the engine sends a spark...
On newer engines with higher compression ratios, the higher octane can withstand the higher temps associated with increased compression for the same reasons above and so will resist detonation prior to getting a spark.
One "tuned" engines, the tuner adjusts the timing to delay the spark, allowing the piston to travel a little further until it gets just past the top of the crankshaft such that when ignition occurs the angle of the piston arm is no longer trying to push "down, then around" the crankshaft. More of the energy of ignition is put into spinning the crankshaft. In other words, the delayed timing (increased compression) allows more leverage to occur on the crankshaft then if the timing were to occur earlier when the piston is straight up and down.
It is a simple trick so to speak to increase power, but at the cost of premium gas.
I used Octane booster when I switched from regular to premium for a 93 octane tune. There was still some 87 in there and the advanced timing was causing some pinging (which is not very good at all). So I dumped two bottles of octane boost to allow the gas to tolerate more compression due to advanced timing.
And that's that
On newer engines with higher compression ratios, the higher octane can withstand the higher temps associated with increased compression for the same reasons above and so will resist detonation prior to getting a spark.
One "tuned" engines, the tuner adjusts the timing to delay the spark, allowing the piston to travel a little further until it gets just past the top of the crankshaft such that when ignition occurs the angle of the piston arm is no longer trying to push "down, then around" the crankshaft. More of the energy of ignition is put into spinning the crankshaft. In other words, the delayed timing (increased compression) allows more leverage to occur on the crankshaft then if the timing were to occur earlier when the piston is straight up and down.
It is a simple trick so to speak to increase power, but at the cost of premium gas.
I used Octane booster when I switched from regular to premium for a 93 octane tune. There was still some 87 in there and the advanced timing was causing some pinging (which is not very good at all). So I dumped two bottles of octane boost to allow the gas to tolerate more compression due to advanced timing.
And that's that
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05-23-2007 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by waterman308
Higher Octane has a slower flame front (takes more effort to ignite). It is useful in some older vehicles which have heavy deposits on the cylinder heads which heat up and pre-ignite the regular octane fuel (ie detonation or pinging). The higher octane will tolerate the heat from the deposits and will not ignite until the engine sends a spark...
On newer engines with higher compression ratios, the higher octane can withstand the higher temps associated with increased compression for the same reasons above and so will resist detonation prior to getting a spark.
One "tuned" engines, the tuner adjusts the timing to delay the spark, allowing the piston to travel a little further until it gets just past the top of the crankshaft such that when ignition occurs the angle of the piston arm is no longer trying to push "down, then around" the crankshaft. More of the energy of ignition is put into spinning the crankshaft. In other words, the delayed timing (increased compression) allows more leverage to occur on the crankshaft then if the timing were to occur earlier when the piston is straight up and down.
It is a simple trick so to speak to increase power, but at the cost of premium gas.
I used Octane booster when I switched from regular to premium for a 93 octane tune. There was still some 87 in there and the advanced timing was causing some pinging (which is not very good at all). So I dumped two bottles of octane boost to allow the gas to tolerate more compression due to advanced timing.
And that's that
On newer engines with higher compression ratios, the higher octane can withstand the higher temps associated with increased compression for the same reasons above and so will resist detonation prior to getting a spark.
One "tuned" engines, the tuner adjusts the timing to delay the spark, allowing the piston to travel a little further until it gets just past the top of the crankshaft such that when ignition occurs the angle of the piston arm is no longer trying to push "down, then around" the crankshaft. More of the energy of ignition is put into spinning the crankshaft. In other words, the delayed timing (increased compression) allows more leverage to occur on the crankshaft then if the timing were to occur earlier when the piston is straight up and down.
It is a simple trick so to speak to increase power, but at the cost of premium gas.
I used Octane booster when I switched from regular to premium for a 93 octane tune. There was still some 87 in there and the advanced timing was causing some pinging (which is not very good at all). So I dumped two bottles of octane boost to allow the gas to tolerate more compression due to advanced timing.
And that's that
Is this true?
Also, I hear of people experiencing pinging however myself with an 87 or 93 tune (hypertech) and even stock, I have never had pinging. WHat causes this pinging sound to occur? I should say, what exactly is "pinging"
thanks