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Old 02-20-2008, 07:35 AM
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So I filled my car up, and it knocked bad... bad batch of gas. Bought 2 gallons of toluene, and threw one in the tank. Worked perfect, solved the knock! Im saveing my other gallon for the strip, 1 gallon of 114 octaine toluene and one gallon of 93 = 103 octaine. woot mo boost as long as my a/f keeps in check..

btw it was $12 a gallon.
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So I filled my car up, and it knocked bad... bad batch of gas. Bought 2 gallons of toluene, and threw one in the tank. Worked perfect, solved the knock! Im saveing my other gallon for the strip, 1 gallon of 114 octaine toluene and one gallon of 93 = 103 octaine. woot mo boost as long as my a/f keeps in check..

btw it was $12 a gallon.
Great to see another Toluene success story. I still find that the price they quoted you is pretty steep. Any way you can find another source? Any automotive paint manufacturer uses Toluene as the basic ingredient in Paint Thinner to speed up the drying process. Check it out.

While you're at it, I would suggest you look for 119 octane Racing Fuel from SUNOCO. I just bought a 5 gl can locally. It's much cheaper than Toluene.

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you know whats cheaper than $12 a gallon?

opening up spark table #1, selecting all the boosted rows, putting a 3 in the text box, hitting "-", and then burning the changes.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
you know whats cheaper than $12 a gallon?

opening up spark table #1, selecting all the boosted rows, putting a 3 in the text box, hitting "-", and then burning the changes.

I wish i had my MS so i knew what that meant
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Old 02-20-2008, 01:00 PM
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Ouch $12 per gallon, I was hoping it was like half that...
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Old 02-20-2008, 02:42 PM
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you know whats cheaper than $12 a gallon?

opening up spark table #1, selecting all the boosted rows, putting a 3 in the text box, hitting "-", and then burning the changes.
I tried this and I lost mad h0rsepow3r y0

plz advise
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Originally Posted by Braineack
you know whats cheaper than $12 a gallon?

opening up spark table #1, selecting all the boosted rows, putting a 3 in the text box, hitting "-", and then burning the changes.
sadly I dont have the MS working yet and I dident have a timeing light handy.
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