Been there done that, and it seems to work okay. The only issue I would
recommend paying attention to is just how much of that octane booster
accumulates in the tank as you add it during each fill up. Just remember,
octane booster isn't gasoline.
To keep this from becoming a problem, when using additives on a regular basis,
I've been advised to run the tank nearly dry between fill ups. The problem is
that some people fill up every time the tank reaches half, and then add another
container of octane booster at the same time. After a while, that "lower half"
of the tank of gas becomes more and more saturated with octane booster, which
doesn't combust very well on its own. Over time this can become a problem.
Maybe some of the Chemists out there can help out with this, but I believe that
I am right. I am certain of that with respect to the old "Instead of Lead" that
we once were advised to use in the late '80s after lead was removed from the
fuel.
In my opinion, even at todays prices, gas is the cheapest thing that we put
into our cars. For my peace of mind I prefer to put the best grade of gas in
the car to start with and not mess around with additives. I may be imagining
it, but other than the absence of spark knocking, I feel like I get smoother
performance from premium fuel.
Paul
In a message dated 3/9/2004 5:32:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> As the price of fuel rises, has anyone else had experience using the octane
>booster listed. I may consider this in my 66 if use it much this summer.
>Fortunately my 75 runs fine on our low grade which I believe is 87 octane.
> Matt Hopkins
> 66 Crown
> 75 Lebaron
> 92 Imperial
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> Subject: IML: Any tubing benders out there ?????
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>
> Hello everyone,
> It feels like Monday all over again.
> I just wanted to offer a couple of things to all you IMPERIAL and Chrysler
>mechanics out there.
> and don't forget to oil the spark plug threads .....and turn them in " by
>hand" when replacing them.
> GASOLINE....................Lately with the GAS prices inching up ......I've
>stumbled upon something that may or may not be helpful...........I'm testing
>it to see what happens..........I use my '77 NYB with a 440 engine as a daily
>driver......... and where I live, in Oregon, the gas prices are a 30cent
>difference between regular and premium and normally I ONLY use premium,
>because I care about my BIGG cars......... but, a couple of months ago I found
>that if I fill up with "regular" gas...........20 gallons at $1.53 a
>gallon............versus "premium"..... 20 gallons at $1.83 a gallon..........
>I save $6 dollars.......WOOHOO !!!
> But the BEST part is: I take 99 cents of my savings , and go buy a bottle of
>"SNAP" Super Octane Booster" to put in the tank with the 20 gallons of REGULAR
>gas, and guess what.................
> SMOOTH running 440.......... no pinging on hills.......... no rough
>idle............no spark knock..............nuttin'.............Tuned by ear
>to get 15+ miles per gallon............and I know that I have been getting
>slightly better gas mileage since I have been adding the octane booster.
> So far.......... after two months, no negative aspects
> whatsoever.
> Any comments you guys have, would be much appreciated.
> Michael Howlett
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