Does octane booster really work, and if so what kind should i use for the most power and performance?

Answer 1

unless you have a high performance engine from the 60's or early 70's you are just wasting your money as these new cars are supposed to run on unledded gas with 87 octane to 93 octane and the latter for todays high performance engines and any more than 93 octane is just overkill.

Answer 2

Stock engine?
Use stock gasoline.

Otherwise you're just throwing money away.
Most cars built after 1985 have around 8 1/2 to 1 compression ratio and higher octane won't make ANY difference.

Now on the other hand, if you've got a 1965 Corvette with the 327 IHF engine at 13 to 1 compression and you set the timing right, then sure, octane booster would help.

Answer 3

It is plenty safe. nothing will be harmed by the added octane level... It is most likely a waste of money and could actually reduce your machines performance ... Higher octane fuels typically have slower burn rates...and hamper performance on engines that don't need the added octane for detonation resistance...Try it an see... premium fuel is only like 30 cents more per gallon than regular... Don't waste the cash on the booster additives though... You would get a better performance gain by drinking a Red Bull and pedaling with your feet...

Answer 4

For performance, you actually want the lowest octane the manufacturer recommends. Octane merely decreases the fuel's likelihood of spontaneously igniting (from heat and/or pressure rather than spark). On modern cars, if the gas starts igniting before the spark (which can be extremely harmful to many parts in the engine), the computer will retard the timing which ultimates makes less power. If your car is running right in the first place, you don't have to worry about octane.

Answer 5

Octane is the measure of the fuel's resistance to pre-ignition (knocking). This usually happens under heavy load.

Octane does not indicate the amount of energy or performance you will get from a fuel. As long as the pump octane is greater than what your owner's manual recommends, then you don't even need to think about octane.

Boosters are for suckers. Same with premium gas. Unless you have a high compression engine - 11:1 or so, you get ZERO benefit from high octane.

Regular grade fuel also contains the same type and level of detergents as premuim, so there is essentially no difference among fuel grades for engines that have not been heavily modified from their factory specs.

Don't fall victim to clever marketing and save some $$$$$$$. Buy the grade of gas that just barely exceeds the recommendation in your owner's manual and drive on.

Answer 6

Meh...If your car is factory, then just go with the octane level your vehicle calls for. More octane won't help any. Usually, if you advance your timing and do some modification work, then you want to look into upping your octane...whether it be by getting higher octane fuel, or adding octane booster. Otherwise, you aren't getting anything.

Answer 7

Yeah it works. But only if your car knocks severely enough on the highest rating. Octant doesn't amount to performance.

The octane number is the number which gives the percentage, by volume, of iso-octane in a mixture of iso-octane and normal heptane, that would have the same anti-knocking capacity as the fuel which is under consideration.

Save yourself the money and use the cheapest gas you can. Unless you have a 67 Cuda you'll be fine.

Answer 8

Waste of time and money. Octane boost does give your car more octane therefore it runs with more hp...but not enough to justify adding it to your tank. You would need to add a bottle to EVERY single tank of 93 octane gasoline.
You will not notice the difference and will waste a lot of money. Best mods usually come from good old exhaust changes, adding nitrous oxide, or going all out with a supercharger/turbo setup on a built block.
If you are going to put any additive in your car...go with the occassional fuel injector cleaners.

Answer 9

Maybe, but it would be an expensive and probably unnecessary thing. If you really need higher octane fuel, use the higher test fuel out of the pump. But almost all cars work just fine on US standard regular.

Answer 10

higher octane does not equal more power.

I cannot stress this enough.



the best octane you can possibly run for your car, is the one your ecu is (or should be) set up to run.