cheap octane boost

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:19 pm

My father in law came for a visit today and I decided to pick his brains for a cheap octane boost solution because he is the head petro chemist at bp refinery in Brisbane I trust his judgement, he oversees and tests the fuel quality from jet fuel to diesel. After explaining to me in great length about hydro-carbons, oxygen molecules and a whole heap of stuff I didn't understand he started to list off the pros and cons of all the consumer available chemicals you can add to your fuel that will cheaply boost octane.In the end he said that the cheapest, most effective and safest would be methonol, no more than 10% on a standard tuned car.... then I asked a pretty stupid question, 'where do I get methonol from'? And he laughed and replied... 'metho'.
So there you go... who's gonna try it first?!

mz_madz · Post by **mz_madz** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:40 pm

Until it is tried & proved - I definitely don't believe it.
I honestly think no one would be stupid enough to try it.

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:23 pm

sorry mate you dont get into he's position by being stupid

Post by **vipfto** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:32 pm

methanol is a top fuel for drag cars/sprint cars etc
of course it will provide a extra bang in the tank but doesn`t it also attract water?
i have no doubt that the theaory will work but as for safe for a standard motor i`m a little dubious
but if you are so sure i welcome you to be first and tell us how it goes

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:57 pm

just tried it I mixed 1L metho to 50L ultimata 98 and I can DEFINITELY feel a differance Terry (father in law) said it will remove moisture from the fuel systems as it absorbs water and it in turn is absorbs into petrol

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:43 pm

alekazam wrote:just tried it I mixed 1L metho to 50L ultimata 98 and I can DEFINITELY feel a differance Terry (father in law) said it will remove moisture from the fuel systems as it absorbs water and it in turn is absorbs into petrol

wow.. you're game ..

go get it dyno'd & let us know the diff

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Sun May 31, 2009 10:32 pm

year I trust him he's a proper scientist not just some petrol head that thinks he's a scientist... how much will a dyno test cost?

ft04me · Post by **ft04me** » Sun May 31, 2009 11:42 pm

I've also heard putting moth balls in the tank works

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:18 am

ft04me wrote:I've also heard putting moth balls in the tank works

Thats been commonly used in south east asia for a long long time. You get noticeable power gain with less mileage.

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:40 am

Get methanol from from most race fuel suppliers. We get ours from http://www.greengoanna.com.au/The_Green_Goanna.html

Dunno if I'd be using it all the time, it'll do a hell of a job on your spark plugs.

My old man uses it in his race mini (with a 1.3 Suzuki Swift GTi motor) but he is running 13:1 compression.

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:26 am

ft04me wrote:I've also heard putting moth balls in the tank works

I asked him about moth balls and he sed thats paradichlorobenzene and is one of the impurities he tets for in jet fuel .. he sed it will work quite well in auto fuel but will gunks up your car fuel systems

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:36 am

alekazam wrote:
ft04me wrote:I've also heard putting moth balls in the tank works
I asked him about moth balls and he sed thats paradichlorobenzene and is one of the impurities he tets for in jet fuel .. he sed it will work quite well in auto fuel but will gunks up your car fuel systems

Could you ask him whether you could use a refined liquid paradichlorobenzene for the same results?..

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:21 pm

you can get methanol injection systems that squirts it into the intake

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:52 pm

Just NOS it and be done with it

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:00 pm

I8A4RE wrote:Just NOS it and be done with it

hahaha I wondered when this would turn into a "Why don't you just put a blank on it"' thread

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:49 pm

alekazam wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:Just NOS it and be done with it
hahaha I wondered when this would turn into a "Why don't you just put a blank on it"' thread

I was waiting for FTOEvo to come along & start talking 6A13 conversions.

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:32 pm

alekazam wrote:just tried it I mixed 1L metho to 50L ultimata 98 and I can DEFINITELY feel a differance Terry (father in law) said it will remove moisture from the fuel systems as it absorbs water and it in turn is absorbs into petrol

Did you purchase some race fuel or did you use a bottle of metho?

alekazam · Post by **alekazam** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:57 pm

just a bottle of metho witch is a mixture of ethyl alcohol (95%) and methyl alcohol (%5).

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:19 pm

While it may offer some slight performance gains up front. You never know what sort of long term effects metho will have on your fuel delivery system, engine and wallet.

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:00 am

Bennoz wrote:
alekazam wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:Just NOS it and be done with it
hahaha I wondered when this would turn into a "Why don't you just put a blank on it"' thread
I was waiting for FTOEvo to come along & start talking 6A13 conversions.

Screw you mr pres... drop in a Rotar!!!