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Originally Posted by chrisbfrs
Anyone up for an sr88 cruise today? I wanna go drive somewhere. I havent done South Mountains yet but heard its rougher than tortilla flats.
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Eh... South mountain has A LOT of bicyclist. I avoid that road for that reason. And many more tourist that are looking over the city and not paying attention. The last 2-3 times i went i was driving up at the speed limit to meet friends at the top for a quick photo or chat. Each time i had a tourist run me clean off the road... One time i almost said fuck it and let them hit me head on while holding down the horn for a good ten seconds and then drove into the dirt.
For the safety of bicyclist keep it to the speed limit on that road. Its short, tight, and extremely populated. Also careful with that "lifting" turn else you might pull a mazda / m3 on it.
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Originally Posted by chrisbfrs
Ive been using lucas octane booster to increase my octane levels to as close to 93 as possible, but Lucas and many other octane boosters dont say how many levwls it will increase. I was at autozone and saw NOS brand octane boost and it claims to be most potent on market. So I bought a bottle and added it to a full tank of 91. Says treats up to 16 gallons and only costs $13.99...much cheaper than buying racing fuel!
I was curious if octane boosters actually work and I found a site that says "it's not mater if they work, but which one works best"
Turns out the NOS brand is the most potent and will increase your octane over 93 when added to 16 gallons of shell 91.
So this is what I will be using every fuel fill up now.
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Thats expensive to do on every tank. Within a few tanks you may as well upgrade to an E85 flash... And you aren't gaining a huge benefit with the 93 over the 91 for day to day driving. Also some additives can be damaging (look at the E85 fuel pump degradation thread, it was questioned if additives caused the issue). If you really want to do your own octane booster its cheaper to order a few specific chemicals and mix your own race fuel. You can easily mix it beyond 93 octane. However your car will not gain a benefit form this as it tuned from the factory for 93 iirc.