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Old Sep 19, 2003 | 01:22 AM
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i bought some outlaw octane booster, the box with the 4 little silver canisters, for all the pinging going on. it's been a couple days now and so far so good, truck is running great and seems to be loving it specially in the top end. anyone get similar results or did i just pay $10 for 14 ounces of gas?
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Old Sep 19, 2003 | 11:42 AM
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i hear those octane boosters are bad.
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Old Sep 19, 2003 | 11:54 AM
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I used the 104+ octane boost in the red bottle before.
maybe its a mind thing, but it feels like it works. Maybe its cuz it cleans out the injectors a lil bit. Who knows!
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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 06:32 AM
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If you don't like paying $10 for 14oz you could always mix your own. Below is a link to a site that has what mixing some fuel does to octane level & also how to mix your own octane boost.

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Old Sep 22, 2003 | 08:35 PM
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Guys when they say they boost octane 2 to 3 points,they mean .2 to .3 or 93 to 93.3 octane.Is that worth $10?Most of them use xylene or toulene that you can buy for about $20 for 5 gal at the paint store.It takes 5 gal of either one to boost 10 gal 93 octane and make 15 gal of 100 octane.
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