Octane math formula anyone.
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Octane math formula anyone.
Ok here in Washington we have 92 octane at the pump, I have a 76 station 30miles away that sells 100 octane unleaded race fuel. Expensive stuff but my thought was to boost my octane to about 95-96 octane for a nice boost in HP with the stock setup. The EVO has a 14 gallon tank what would the math formula to obtain 96 octane mixing 92 with 100 octane. Anyone know the basic formula for this equation math is not my strong suite.
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OK did a little digging its pretty simple... "An alternative path to octane euphoria is to blend gasolines of different octane levels yourself. It's easier than you may think, safe, and the results are predictable. The formula for mixing gasolines of the same type is pretty straightforward. When you mix a 50/50 blend of two unleaded fuels, simply average the two octane ratings to determine what's in the tank If you mix 94 and 100, you get 97. The same generally holds true for leaded gasolines, assuming the lead content is nearly equal."
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Well that woulds be cool but unfortunatley its $6.20 a gallon! ( I just called) and I dont have a truck or anything to haul a 55 gal. drum unless I rent something, plus they pump it out a really big drum so expensive anyway you dice it. I was thinking of buying a couple metal 5gal. and fill them up and do a 6gal. to 5 gal. mix, plus fill up when I am there that should limit the trip to once a month.
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Do you guys retune your engines or run higher boost to take advantage of the higher octane?
Last time I checked, running higher octane by itself gave no benefit, except to make the fuel harder to auto-ignite.
Last time I checked, running higher octane by itself gave no benefit, except to make the fuel harder to auto-ignite.
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Originally posted by BLKEVO8
"An alternative path to octane euphoria is to blend gasolines of different octane levels yourself. It's easier than you may think, safe, and the results are predictable. The formula for mixing gasolines of the same type is pretty straightforward. When you mix a 50/50 blend of two unleaded fuels, simply average the two octane ratings to determine what's in the tank If you mix 94 and 100, you get 97.
"An alternative path to octane euphoria is to blend gasolines of different octane levels yourself. It's easier than you may think, safe, and the results are predictable. The formula for mixing gasolines of the same type is pretty straightforward. When you mix a 50/50 blend of two unleaded fuels, simply average the two octane ratings to determine what's in the tank If you mix 94 and 100, you get 97.
EDIT: while on the subject, the myth that all gas is the same is not true, getting gas from a Texaco for instance would provide a much cleaner fuel than that from a no name station which generally runs a generic fuel. Of course its all additives, but non the less its at least best to always run the same "brand" gasoline in my opinion.
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Ok, a simple formula that I use is as follows:
( octane * gallons ) + (octane * gallons)
---------------------------------------------------
total amount of gallons
for example,
Let's say that you want to mix 5 gallons of 93 octane with 2 gallons of 117 octane race fuel (such as VP C16).
(93*5) + (117*2)
----------------------
7
465 + 234
-------------
7
699/7 = 99.86 octane
Remember that this is approximate and assumes that both octanes are meassured the same way (ex. (R+M)/2 ), but you get the idea.
( octane * gallons ) + (octane * gallons)
---------------------------------------------------
total amount of gallons
for example,
Let's say that you want to mix 5 gallons of 93 octane with 2 gallons of 117 octane race fuel (such as VP C16).
(93*5) + (117*2)
----------------------
7
465 + 234
-------------
7
699/7 = 99.86 octane
Remember that this is approximate and assumes that both octanes are meassured the same way (ex. (R+M)/2 ), but you get the idea.
Last edited by leousm; Apr 13, 2003 at 01:40 PM.
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You will have a tough time figuring out how much fuel you have in your tank. The fuel level gauge is quite deceptive.
What I do is drain out all the pump gas that is in my tank before putting in a few gallons of race gas. There is more to race gas than just octane. I'd much rather just run the pure stuff when it counts.
You can drain your fuel tank by removing the fuel return line from the end of the fuel injector rail. Then hook up a 6 foot piece of fuel line to the fuel pressure regulator. Run the other end of the line into a gas can. Then either turn on the fuel pump (I installed a switch to do so) or just run the car until it starts sputtering.
What I do is drain out all the pump gas that is in my tank before putting in a few gallons of race gas. There is more to race gas than just octane. I'd much rather just run the pure stuff when it counts.
You can drain your fuel tank by removing the fuel return line from the end of the fuel injector rail. Then hook up a 6 foot piece of fuel line to the fuel pressure regulator. Run the other end of the line into a gas can. Then either turn on the fuel pump (I installed a switch to do so) or just run the car until it starts sputtering.
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