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Old May 20, 2009 | 12:14 PM
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When traveling and you can't find 91 octane fuel, what octane additive actually works and is recommended for the 1540 engine?
 
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acetone is reported to work well and require less than an oz for a full tank. i have used it with great results. about $15 a gallon.
 
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Moonshine!!
Here in Fla, no 91 octane that I have seen....premium here is 93.
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Harley sells a fuel additive for exactly this purpose.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US

Not sure how well it performs, but I hear it works well as a paint stripper.
 
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i did a short thread on this awhile back.

lucas NHRA octane booster. $8
one bottle will do about 4 tanks.
and NO BS HERE it WORKS.
 
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I never found an octane booster that did anything except waste money and foul the plugs. But if keep compression below ten to one I have been able to run 87 w/o any significant problem that a little more fuel would not solve.
 
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Acetone is not an octane booster, it's a solvent. At best it will clean your injectors, at worst it's highly corrosive. Use what the pros use - toluene or xylene in 10% concentration will raise your octane from about 91 to 94. Don't wast your money on store-bought octane boosters, when they say they raise your octane by "several points", they mean from 91 to 91.4.
 
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read the thread ....

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Toluene or xylene cost less than 1/2 as much as LUCAS NHRA OCTANE BOOSTER. And they are easily carried in MSR 33 oz fuel bottles that you can buy at any camping store. YES I AM A CHEMIST!
 
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Toluene or xylene cost less than 1/2 as much as LUCAS NHRA OCTANE BOOSTER. And they are easily carried in MSR 33 oz fuel bottles that you can buy at any camping store. YES I AM A CHEMIST!
intresting.....now if i could only figure out how to use nitromethane with the fogger system on my drag car....lol
 
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