Increasing Gasoline Octane Overseas

1slow370 · 04-23-2014, 12:33 PM

torco accelerator works but you would need a quart or more per tank at $21 a quart plus shipping. cheapest route is almost always toluene or xylene if you can get a source for it.

DEpointfive0 · 04-23-2014, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 1slow370

torco accelerator works but you would need a quart or more per tank at $21 a quart plus shipping. cheapest route is almost always toluene or xylene if you can get a source for it.

Toluene is a bit better. If you run Xylene you need to run something like Marvel Mystery Oil as well.

How much is gas on base?
Also, is your octane getting rated the same as it does here in the states because almost no where else does it the same. (Here it's AKI, which is [RON+MON]/2, I believe most other countries use RON OR MON)

smittyg37 · 04-23-2014, 02:18 PM

First of all thank you all for the the advice and direction. I have been searching all over trying to find a alternative way to get into the right octane range. The gas on base is not to bad roughly $4 dollars a gallon since they use liters over here. On base the rating is 95 FRG which I tried to research and had difficulty finding anything in that unit. Off base the gas is 95 Ron which is equivalent to 90 octane in the US. I will see about finding some toluene. Any issues with running toluene as a additive? (Injectors/ fuel pump and lines) If anyone knows the ratio off the top of their head that be great. If not I will do some digging. I am not not looking to run race gas just get it up to 91 at least if possible.

DEpointfive0 · 04-23-2014, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by smittyg37

First of all thank you all for the the advice and direction. I have been searching all over trying to find a alternative way to get into the right octane range. The gas on base is not to bad roughly $4 dollars a gallon since they use liters over here. On base the rating is 95 FRG which I tried to research and had difficulty finding anything in that unit. Off base the gas is 95 Ron which is equivalent to 90 octane in the US. I will see about finding some toluene. Any issues with running toluene as a additive? (Injectors/ fuel pump and lines) If anyone knows the ratio off the top of their head that be great. If not I will do some digging. I am not not looking to run race gas just get it up to 91 at least if possible.

No risk. It's used to raise octane anyways

Toluene has an AKI of 114, so adjust accordingly to the octane you want

Wouldn't octane boosters be a BITCH to get btw?

Tazicon · 04-23-2014, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by smittyg37

First of all thank you all for the the advice and direction. I have been searching all over trying to find a alternative way to get into the right octane range. The gas on base is not to bad roughly $4 dollars a gallon since they use liters over here. On base the rating is 95 FRG which I tried to research and had difficulty finding anything in that unit. Off base the gas is 95 Ron which is equivalent to 90 octane in the US. I will see about finding some toluene. Any issues with running toluene as a additive? (Injectors/ fuel pump and lines) If anyone knows the ratio off the top of their head that be great. If not I will do some digging. I am not not looking to run race gas just get it up to 91 at least if possible.

As an FYI we can only get 91 here. I really doubt 90 is going to be that bad. I know people that run Z's and G's on 87 and have no issues. One guy on the MYG37 has posted his gas milage for years and makes sure every knows he runs 87. I think the last time I saw he had well over 80k on the car. He swears everyone is nutz for paying for the extra octane. Me I use 91 as that is as good as I can get. If I could only get 90 I would run it and not worry unless I was going to be racing the car.

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smittyg37 Base Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 13 Drives: 2008 Infiniti G37S Rep Power: 12	First of all thank you all for the the advice and direction. I have been searching all over trying to find a alternative way to get into the right octane range. The gas on base is not to bad roughly $4 dollars a gallon since they use liters over here. On base the rating is 95 FRG which I tried to research and had difficulty finding anything in that unit. Off base the gas is 95 Ron which is equivalent to 90 octane in the US. I will see about finding some toluene. Any issues with running toluene as a additive? (Injectors/ fuel pump and lines) If anyone knows the ratio off the top of their head that be great. If not I will do some digging. I am not not looking to run race gas just get it up to 91 at least if possible.