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High octane gas???? - 3/2/2006 11:14:26 PM

1998f3

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Has anyone ever used the 94 octane gas and then used octane booster at the same time????

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 8:31:44 AM

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No but I always put premium in my bikes. Around here its 93 octane, I don't think the octane booster actually does anything anyways. I used to have a subscription to car craft and they did some dyno testing and if I remember right it actually lost power, or if it gained it wasn't anything that you would notice. I say just fill it up with premium and leave it at that, I don't like adding anything to my oils or gas but thats just me.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 10:40:34 AM

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what's the manual recommend? why are you putting anything higher than that?
i have my stick ready...so ready to beat the dead horse...

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 12:52:07 PM

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Yeah, this subject goes along with oil, tires and brake pads.

I personally believe you only need the octane to prevent detonation. I can go in to a long dissertation about this but why bore you. An increase in octane does not increase your horsepower or the ability to make the engine more efficient.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 6:19:00 PM

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don't forget calkidd...it's along the same lines of if like store brand is better or Motrin, you know...TUSSIN or ROBITUSSIN...
PEPTO BISMO...or PINK BISMUTH...or...PREPARATION H or BUTT CREAM.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 6:42:40 PM

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I was just wondering about the high ocrane gas. I always use premium, which aroound me id 93. Just wondering if there were any advantages to using the booster. I never really noticed anyhing in my truck when I used it. My buddy wants to sell me some race fuel, But I wrecked my last car speeding, so speed really isnt my thing. Just more curious about the booster than anyhting else. Thanks

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 6:54:21 PM

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i think theres a difference on whee you are, standard here (uk) is 95, premium is 97. seems different to here, you are in relation to sea level.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 7:31:37 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Calkidd

Yeah, this subject goes along with oil, tires and brake pads.

I personally believe you only need the octane to prevent detonation. I can go in to a long dissertation about this but why bore you. An increase in octane does not increase your horsepower or the ability to make the engine more efficient.

Bingo -- we have a winner! Eventually ... if we keep saying it ... perhaps ... oh perhaps ... peeps will start believing it

Of course the gas companies make tons of extra money selling premium so they're gonna push it. Just pissin away money if ya don't needs it.

As far as the octane booster goes - if you read the fine print you'll see that if you add a bottle to 20 gal of 93 you'll end up with 93.2 ... it really doesn't give you a lot of octane.

Now if you go off the deep end and install some hi-comp pistons, super charger or turbo come talk to the stretcher and we'll get ya some info on intercoolers or water/alchy injection.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/3/2006 8:20:04 PM

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On a 1998 F3 Honda recommends 87 octane. Any higher octane in that engine is just a waste of money and most likely less power.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/4/2006 12:05:18 AM

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quote:

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Bingo -- we have a winner! Eventually ... if we keep saying it ... perhaps ... oh perhaps ... peeps will start believing it Of course the gas companies make tons of extra money selling premium so they're gonna push it. Just pissin away money if ya don't needs it.

As far as the octane booster goes - if you read the fine print you'll see that if you add a bottle to 20 gal of 93 you'll end up with 93.2 ... it really doesn't give you a lot of octane.

Now if you go off the deep end and install some hi-comp pistons, super charger or turbo come talk to the stretcher and we'll get ya some info on intercoolers or water/alchy injection.

What does octane mean
Read this....It will give you an understanding why there is octane in fuel.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/4/2006 7:35:38 PM

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Thanks guys. I dont care if the manual calls for 87, cause I'm still not putting that low grade in there. I only have a 4.5 gal tank, so 12-13 to fill er up on premie doesnt bother me. I'll just forget about the octane booster, cause it seems like a waste of a couple bux. I could be spending those hard earned dollars else where. (Im not suggesting it to be spent on some bud-light) wink-wink.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/5/2006 4:16:57 AM

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You don't want to spend extra money on octane boost because you think it is a waste of money, but you will spend the extra money for the higher octane you don't need? It is the same principle, either way you look at it your are wasting money....

First off there is no such thing as "low grade" fuel. The quality has nothing to do with the amount of octane additive it is all processed the same way.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/5/2006 8:42:03 AM

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The octane "does" matter guys wtf. The high octane is cleaner burning and does help performance. If it doesnt matter than why doesnt NASCAR save money by using friggin 87 octane instead of using 100 octane racing fuel.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/5/2006 10:51:18 AM

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The octane "does" matter guys wtf. The high octane is cleaner burning and does help performance. If it doesnt matter than why doesnt NASCAR save money by using friggin 87 octane instead of using 100 octane racing fuel.

Because they run higher compression than your bike. Octane rating is basically a number that tells you the fuels resistance to detonation. So if you have low compression pistons then 105 octane would cause you to LOSE power because all the fuel wouldn't burn. All this has been proven for many years and if you want to be enlightened go read an article on the subject before throwing out completely wrong info.

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RE: High octane gas???? - 3/5/2006 11:05:24 AM

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i always thought the higher octane fuel burned better, and not only that, was cleaner than the cheaper grade. i'm sure i'll be wrong with this, but i always thought if i used 87 octane i'll be in need for a carb cleaning sooner than if i used the higher octane. my 900rr is carb'd, so i can get away with using lower octane in it as opposed to my nissan 300zx, which is FI, and will run like crap with anything less than 92-93 octane. dunno the compression in the 900rr yet, but the Z is 10:5:1 and i dunno if that's considered "high compression" or not, but low octane runs like crap in it....

i've only filled up the tank in my 900rr once since i've had it, and a friend told me to go ahead and put 93 in it. i was gonna go the 87 route since it was carburated. my line of thinking is so off i'm sure lol

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