You shouldn't be using ultra high octane (or octane boost) in your engine
if it's mostly stock. If you're running a blower, cam, NOS, etc ad
infinitum, then maybe. The purpose of octane is to PREVENT gasoline from
exploding. Remember, your power comes from exploding gasoline. The
reason many high-performance and racing vehicles require higher octane is
they get hot enough to spontaneously detonate the gasoline in very
inconvenient places (injectors, etc...). If you run gas that's too high
in octane in a cool (comparitively) engine, you will have problems
(missfires, partial combustion, etc...) that you really don't want.
David Gloff
Computer Technician
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Loaded Intense Blue '99 Dakota Sport CC 318 5-speed 3.92SG
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On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 WM96@aol.com wrote:
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> Anyone using this stuff? If so which formula, and what are your verdicts?
> The regular formula is supposed to raise 3 to 5 octane points and the racing
> formula was like 7 i think. Do the magnums respond well to increased octane
> with the stock timing?
>
> Will
> '97 318
>
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