- 1. Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:10:34 -0400
- I (my brother) needs some information about the various octane booster products on the market, He owns a '68 MGC which has a compression ratio of 9.0:1...the manual calls for 98 octane...obviously no
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01718.html (7,321 bytes)
- 2. Re: Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:43:59 -0400
- Your brother's 1968 MGC should run without pinging on current 93 octane pump gas. (Is he having a problem with pinging? Or, is this a question based on the manual specifying 98 octane?) So, the obvio
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01720.html (9,302 bytes)
- 3. Re: Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:01:25 -0500
- You can use Marvel Mystery Oil, Super104 Octane booster, or 104 Octane booster. Super 104 will raise the octane from 4 to 7 points, 104 Octane booster will raise it 3 to 5 points, you will notice tha
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01725.html (8,535 bytes)
- 4. Re: Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 07:37:49 -0400
- Is there anything that Ken doesn't know? Ed 74 TR6 (bought as a daily driver but turning out to be a fixer upper)
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01732.html (6,685 bytes)
- 5. Re: Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 08:31:37 -0400
- Ed, My wife and I got quite a laugh out of reading that! Surely you jest! I would say (and so would my wife) that I still have an awful lot to learn, and will undoubtedly continue to make more than m
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01735.html (7,619 bytes)
- 6. Re: Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:29:35 -0600 (MDT)
- When the manuals for our cars and MG's were printed they used a different number for Octane. The number is called out in RON or research octane number. In the the U.S. we use the R+N/2 method. This i
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01743.html (8,170 bytes)
- 7. Re: Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 97 08:59:02 PDT
- Someone mentioned using Marvel Mystery Oil as an "octane booster". Unfortunately, MMO does not boost the octane rating, but it does have other advantages. Rick Walker who is a reputable carb wizard h
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01744.html (7,623 bytes)
- 8. Re: Octane Booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 20:05:04 -0400
- Karl, go to a paint store and buy a gallon of toluene or xylene.Use about a pint of either to 10 gallons of gas to up the ON. Much cheaper. I believe both have octane numbers around 400.
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01783.html (8,140 bytes)
- 9. octane booster (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 12:48:36 -0700
- Note that "98 octane" gas of the period is not the same as 98 octane would be today. There are two different methods for measuring octane - "Research" and "Motor". The octane advertised on today's pu
- /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg01836.html (7,504 bytes)
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