Posted By: Dakota_Don
increasing octane? - 02/04/13 01:03 AM
Hello, if i am running lets say 93 octane, how could i raise octane to 95 or 97? Moroso octane boost? E-85? Other? and if have 5 gal of 93 how much would i add?
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
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and this http://www.ehow.com/how_7990457_boost-octane-alcohol.html
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Hello, if i am running lets say 93 octane, how could i raise octane to 95 or 97? Moroso octane boost? E-85? Other? and if have 5 gal of 93 how much would i add?
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
Incorrect. Mixing the two is exactly how mid-grade is concocted.
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
Incorrect. Mixing the two is exactly how mid-grade is concocted.
Are you saying it's concocted/blended right at/in the gas pump at the gas station itself?
Or before it's delivered to the station?
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
Incorrect. Mixing the two is exactly how mid-grade is concocted.
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and this http://www.ehow.com/how_7990457_boost-octane-alcohol.html
Careful with that Ehow stuff.
Those instructions are sort of convoluted. Sound chopped up from some other info by a writer. At least, that article says to add a drying additive IF you use alcohol. Well alcohol IS a drying additive.
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
Incorrect. Mixing the two is exactly how mid-grade is concocted.
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
Incorrect. Mixing the two is exactly how mid-grade is concocted.
But not at the pump. They have separate tanks in the ground.
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... I've always heard gas stations get their midgrade gas, by pulling from the lower and higher grade gas tanks. Don't know that for sure, but if so you could probably find a place that sells high octane race gas and buy a couple of gallons to mix in with what you have.
That sounds like a big 'wives tale' story.
Gas is very regulated and monitored. No way of blending high and low octane at the pump.
Incorrect. Mixing the two is exactly how mid-grade is concocted.
But not at the pump. They have separate tanks in the ground.
They only have 3 tanks in the ground, one for diesel fuel, one for 87 gas and one for 92 gas. The dispenser blends 60% 87 and 40% 92 to give you mid grade. Been that way forever, no one that I ever saw had a mid grade tank.
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Hello, if i am running lets say 93 octane, how could i raise octane to 95 or 97? Moroso octane boost? E-85? Other? and if have 5 gal of 93 how much would i add?
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I have read about the Kemco Octane Supreme stuff but have not tried it. It's supposed to contain TETRAETHYL LEAD.
Octane Supreme 130
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Re: gas stations
My wife was buying gas at our local cheap gas station. She tried the regular nozzle, but it didn't seem to work. Station attendant said, sorry, we're out of regular. So she tried the mid-grade, didn't seem to work. Station attendant said, sorry, mid-grade is a 50/50 mix of regular and premium. We still have premium, so you could try that.
So she put in a few dollars worth of premium and went off to find a different station to fill her tank with the regular stuff because she saves money wherever she can.
So, at least at that cheap gas station, midgrade is a mix of regular and premium.
R.