Lindsey Wrote:Ahh, yes. It's true. Something must have happened to me this weekend because when I came back from the track, I actually WANTED to surf the forum. (I think it's a brain tumor.) So, as this is my first post, I have officially been sucked in. Many congrats to all. :lol:
Alright! If you ignore all the bitching, this forum isn't that bad.
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It was the leaded gas the H1 cars run... you should try to paddock away from them... welcome
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Kaan Wrote:It was the leaded gas the H1 cars run...
I might start bringing 104 octane soon, I'll have to start setting up paddock in the woods
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I'm going to buy mine, they look pretty good this time.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
haha 104 octane in an LS motor... i know you'll lose HP then!
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We'll see about that  The dyno doesnt lie... with higher octane you can get a lot more aggressive with your ignition tuning and thats where you make HP.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
Advance your distributor and get some torque!
the best part about dynoing a SOHC... adjust the cam timing... you automatically adjust the distributor! but for you... and DOHC... send it to Jack!
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Kaan Wrote:Advance your distributor and get some torque!
the best part about dynoing a SOHC... adjust the cam timing... you automatically adjust the distributor! but for you... and DOHC... send it to Jack!
Its already at full advance..... and adjusting the intake cam on a DOHC also advances the dizzy. But, if you are running a programmable engine management this is of little difference as the base ignition timing can be set with the laptop rather than the dizzy position.
You will have to advance the intake cam (move powerband lower) to gain any additional room to move ignition timing, although I can get 14-20 deg as it is, so I see no point in moving it further than 18-20. My $.02.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
Speaking of octane, I did some reading (of course everything you read is true) about turbo engines and octane, and the theoritical and some proven benifits of increaseing octane. At summit, I used some Lucas octane booster (suposidly "not road legal" and according to some independant tests it really did raise the octane anywhere from 5-10 points) in the XR. The engine seemed to feel smoother, and run cooler, but in reality it wasn't a night/day difference. Peace of mind maybe... enough so that I will probably continue to use it or get the higher octane gas at the track.
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Lindsey Wrote:Ahh, yes. It's true. Something must have happened to me this weekend because when I came back from the track, I actually WANTED to surf the forum. (I think it's a brain tumor.) So, as this is my first post, I have officially been sucked in. Many congrats to all. :lol:
Gees, who let the women driver in?
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PDenbigh Wrote:Speaking of octane, I did some reading (of course everything you read is true) about turbo engines and octane, and the theoritical and some proven benifits of increaseing octane. At summit, I used some Lucas octane booster (suposidly "not road legal" and according to some independant tests it really did raise the octane anywhere from 5-10 points) in the XR. The engine seemed to feel smoother, and run cooler, but in reality it wasn't a night/day difference. Peace of mind maybe... enough so that I will probably continue to use it or get the higher octane gas at the track.
I'd like to see how a 16oz bottle of anything is going to raise octane rating 5-10 points on a tank of gas. That just isn't mathmatically possible. If you want to run higher octane order a drum of VP fuel and mix it w/ 93, that is the ONLY surefire way to run a greater octane. The Lucas stuff might have some additives in it to help with deposits and clean injectors but no way will it turn 15 gallons of 93 into 100, that's like a story right out of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Chads been adding the Lucas to his morning coffee i see!
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Kaan Wrote:Chads been adding the Lucas to his morning coffee i see!
I prefer some crystal meth.
But I suppose octane booster would do the trick.
(09-25-2019, 03:18 PM)V1GiLaNtE Wrote: I think you need to see a mental health professional.
I don't know about Pete's example but if you look at the labeling of octane booster, it specifically says that each point is the equalivalent of 0.1 of the octane rating meaning that if a bottle claims to raise octane levels by 15 points, it actually means that it will raise 87 octane gas to 88.5.
Two feet.
Andy beat me to it.
in octance lingo
A "point" is +0.1
A "number" is +1.0
any octane booster, you are just adding something with a very high octane (like toulene) to the tank, that gets diluted in the tank.
Its much more economical to just go to Sunoco and buy some of their 94 octane gas.
JJ just said on the NASA-MA forum that hyperfest had about 5200 people attend, I have no idea how many people they were trying to hit, but that's just flat out amazing to me.
Its really cool to see how the event has gotten steadily bigger each year. Soon its gonna be like NOPI y0!
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white_2kgt Wrote:JJ just said on the NASA-MA forum that hyperfest had about 5200 people attend, I have no idea how many people they were trying to hit, but that's just flat out amazing to me.
nice. I was wondering how many came. I suppose this includes HPDErs and racers?
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Lindsey Wrote:Ahh, yes. It's true. Something must have happened to me this weekend because when I came back from the track, I actually WANTED to surf the forum. (I think it's a brain tumor.) So, as this is my first post, I have officially been sucked in. Many congrats to all. :lol:
I expect you to live up to the precedent the Jesses have set
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Feersty Wrote:I expect you to live up to the precedent the Jesses have set 
damn straight!
Welcome Lindsay! this forum (and club!) needs some more estrogen
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