Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!djl From: djl@fisher.UUCP (Dan Levin N6BZA ) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: carb cleaners and octane (esp. octane) Message-ID: <450@fisher.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 17:59:10 EST Article-I.D.: fisher.450 Posted: Sat Dec 15 17:59:10 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 07:23:29 EST References: <1147@akgua.UUCP> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 30 > My question is this, Is it just my imagination or does >carb cleaner really increase the octane rating. If it does then >why not use this instead of the more expensive octane boosters >available. I know nothing about carb-cleaner (of the in-tank variety), but anyone who is using expensive octane boosters on your good old 10.5/1 V8 is missing a great thing. Ask your neighborhood chemist sometime, what happens when you react napthalene with your basic gasoline. I do not know the actual reactions, (I can point you to someone who has run through them all, if you are interested), but the end result is a very clean and very noticable increase in the 'octane rating' of the gas. I have a good friend whose modified (now hemi-head 11.0/1) 327 runs great on either one of the following: 1] 76 Super Leaded 93 Octane or 2] any 88-89 octane regular leaded fuel and a small amount of labratory grade napthalene. You know, labratory grade, pure napthalene. The stuff labeled "Moth Balls" at your local store. 3 balls/gallon, I kid you not. -- ***dan {allegra,astrovax,princeton,twg}!fisher!djl The misplaced (What *are* those trees doing??) Californian