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bandit86 · 03-09-2012, 01:32 PM

Let's go over this again. The Material Safety Data Sheet or MSDS say that octane booster is 99% kerosene. 16 ounces of it will turn 25 gallons of 87 octane gas into 93 octane gas
Here is the product;
Synergyn 120+ Octane Boost adds 6 octane numbers

Now I stated that diesel and kerosene are similar, not exactly the same but close enough. Here is another link on refining, this is page 2 it's a good read. Both come from the same spectrum of crude oil
HowStuffWorks "Carbon Chains in Petroleum Products"

Now I stated that since they are close together and one is used as octane booster the othe one will work. I never said fill you car with one or the other, I only said if used in the proportion suggested it will make regular into high octane gas

If 16oz kerosene makes 25 gallo d of 87 into 93, similar quantity of diesel should do a similar effect. I don't have te equipment to test, but anywhere from 92-94 octan

128 ounces in a gallon. 16 oz is 1/8 th of a gallon. So 1/8 to 25 gallons is 1:200 ratio, or .5%! Less than I thought, so if you add more then you are running fuel that does not burn completely untill well into the power stroke, acts as if the timing is way retarded.

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bandit86 Master EcoModder Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: london, on Posts: 355 Buggie - '01 Vw Beetle TDI Gls Thanks: 4 Thanked 37 Times in 27 Posts	Let's go over this again. The Material Safety Data Sheet or MSDS say that octane booster is 99% kerosene. 16 ounces of it will turn 25 gallons of 87 octane gas into 93 octane gas Here is the product; Synergyn 120+ Octane Boost adds 6 octane numbers Now I stated that diesel and kerosene are similar, not exactly the same but close enough. Here is another link on refining, this is page 2 it's a good read. Both come from the same spectrum of crude oil HowStuffWorks "Carbon Chains in Petroleum Products" Now I stated that since they are close together and one is used as octane booster the othe one will work. I never said fill you car with one or the other, I only said if used in the proportion suggested it will make regular into high octane gas If 16oz kerosene makes 25 gallo d of 87 into 93, similar quantity of diesel should do a similar effect. I don't have te equipment to test, but anywhere from 92-94 octan 128 ounces in a gallon. 16 oz is 1/8 th of a gallon. So 1/8 to 25 gallons is 1:200 ratio, or .5%! Less than I thought, so if you add more then you are running fuel that does not burn completely untill well into the power stroke, acts as if the timing is way retarded. Last edited by bandit86; 03-09-2012 at 01:57 PM..