So whats Kellogs Nutri Grain got to do with octane booster?

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Basic Aus fuel is basically toluene (paint thinners:). There are legislated min and max percentages basically because of the effect it has on fuel lines/rubber components. Too little and they go brittle, too much and they go soggy. Either way you risk fires. Don't know if anyone remembers the incident where one tanker load of high T fuel from Singapore caused a rash of under bonnet fires in NZ a few years ago..

Benzene is an excellent octane enhancer - unfortunately its not so good on the human body; alcohol works well too.

Cheers, Ian

This explains why my fuel disappears without driving the car... damned evaporation from the vented tanks.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Last tow to Hay i tried the Wynns octane booster in my Outback. The Outback has poor economy on unleaded and very good economy on PULP when towing. The booster with 98 PULP was no better than unleaded. It may have been a dud batch of PULP and the additive possibly made no difference.

Either way, i got it free and i won't ever buy any.

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

ti anser one of your original questions a UNIT is anyone who belives that theese producs will actually noticably work

acetone can't be good for the lines

does anyone get the feeling these products may work in theory by lifting the octane rating on paper, but really hinder the burning of the fuel in the chamber due to separation of the mixture via different burning, atomizing & flash point?

does the "normal" fuel ignite & then set off the additives resulting in a longer burn due to a higher igniting temp?(probably not as the spark would be hotter). how does the "after burn" compare in release of energy?

From some what I've been reading people often can't notice the difference, or if they can is often 50/50 good or bad. Just seems odd so many people can't notice the difference. Perhaps peoples time & money is better spent trying to achieve a better fuel atomization using parts over additives?

end of rant

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one van, one mini s, one knitted cardigan

& then there`s the Specific Density of each of the different fuel (s)

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Yes.
It helps to know what the fuel is before you start chucking things in to "improve" it.

I knew octanen was mentioned recently

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic ... ght=vizard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWwCtT_CwYQ

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

I've used octane booster. It made a difference. When you don't use a vehicle very often, given we all know that the octane additives are the first things to evaporate, it can mean the difference between running sweetly or pinging... That's from experience - I ran the car one day, it pinged. I put in octane booster, rocked the car about a bit to mix it, went for a drive and the pinging had stopped. I'm guessing it did just enough. I wouldn't (and don't) use it on fresh fuel, though. I think it's better thought of as 'fuel refresher'.