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haha, so you already got rick-rolled?

what's that banshee billet thing?

doesn't look like i'll try it for a while. i'm goin to work wed. and strait out campin when i get home 3 wks. later

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It seems to me it would be a hell of a lot easier to mix in some methanol if your sole intent is to boost octane cheaply.

 

Old timers have been doing it for a long time. Just adjust your jetting for the percentage you plan to run.

 

BTW methanol is 127 octane ;-)

The methanol blend route is probably the best thing mentioned in this thread other than actually using race fuel....

 

Beyond that if folks were spelling xylene correctly, then they could find this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylene

...............which explains what it is noramlly used for and is very similar to toluene. Neither of which is a brilliant solution for crafting a high performance fuel. In tiny amounts, they can add some desireably characteristics to a fuel, but that is not generally what happens with backyard fuel blenders who treat such things much like dumping a quart of octane booster into a tank of fuel.

 

My $.02 is to that y'all are better off not bothering yourself with this stuff. You are better off setting up an engine to run with a highly oxygenated fuel as opposed to trying to chemically avoid detonation if you don't want to run race fuel.

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The methanol blend route is probably the best thing mentioned in this thread other than actually using race fuel....

 

Beyond that if folks were spelling xylene correctly, then they could find this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylene

...............which explains what it is noramlly used for and is very similar to toluene. Neither of which is a brilliant solution for crafting a high performance fuel. In tiny amounts, they can add some desireably characteristics to a fuel, but that is not generally what happens with backyard fuel blenders who treat such things much like dumping a quart of octane booster into a tank of fuel.

 

My $.02 is to that y'all are better off not bothering yourself with this stuff. You are better off setting up an engine to run with a highly oxygenated fuel as opposed to trying to chemically avoid detonation if you don't want to run race fuel.

haha, i knew that i spelled it wrong when i posted, but since no one corrected me yet, didn't bother bringing it up. well, thanx for the info. i've only used xylol in the paint and body,m but heard about using it as fuel, and wanted to know more, because availibility of fuels and oils is an issue where i ride. there's usually only auto parts, and hardware stores near where i ride. nothing to do with performance needs. i know beter than to use conventional octane boosters, but i want to just bump the timing, and fix my silencers, so i can get a little more power to last 'till the fall when i'll do a 4 mill, or pv/both. guess i'll just look into 100LL.

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