Octane booster
Discussion
keirv6 said:
Hi dose anyone use octane booster in there tvr?
Yes. I use Millers Turbo or Millers CVL. The first gives 4 octane boost, the second 2. I use them both as insurance against pinking in S6 engines - you'll get no more power out of your standard mapped S6 with octane booster.jamie g said:
If the cars been mapped to use super unleaded any extra octane will surely make no more power, it may even produce less power. The map won't know what fuel you are putting in.
The cars are mapped for unleaded, not super. The car will make no more power (as I already stated above) but unless the doses are wat in excess of recommended, the car will certainly not make less.TVR_owner said:
you'll get no more power out of your standard mapped S6 with octane booster.
True and you might actually hinder performance a little bit as I did last year at Fighting Torque. The car was running well on the way up and then I went and dropped a couple of bottles of booster in the tank and immediately the car felt more sluggish. I've also put BP's 102 Ron fuel in the car and not noticed any real difference, although it did add about 15bhp to peak power on the dyno. That said, when I put the 102 Ron in the tank of my old Chim 500, it did make a noticeable difference - sharper throttle response.TVR_owner said:
jamie g said:
If the cars been mapped to use super unleaded any extra octane will surely make no more power, it may even produce less power. The map won't know what fuel you are putting in.
The cars are mapped for unleaded, not super. The car will make no more power (as I already stated above) but unless the doses are wat in excess of recommended, the car will certainly not make less.By introducing (legal)octane booster into your fuel you are effectively reducing the amount of energy in the fuel, this is not a problem if you tune your engine/map to suit though.
Edited by jamie g on Wednesday 23 July 15:39
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