Octane Booster
- Thread starter davemc
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jackswagon
Middle Lane Hogs
be prob better using nf or lucas octane booster mate, they are tried and tested and most lads here wont use anything else but them, few traders on site supply them. 
marksscooby
Petrolheads
silkolene pro boost doesnt work for example (increase octane rating) your only wasting your money buying silkolene pro boost. it would knock you out with the smell off it 
marksscooby
Petrolheads
[quote author=davemc link=topic=18459.msg226672#msg226672 date=1254772221]
You got me worried now, does anyone know if its safe to use
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Dont worry
as scoobyke said get nf or lucas
You got me worried now, does anyone know if its safe to use
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Dont worry
as scoobyke said get nf or lucas Rob Spec C
Octane Boostaholics
safe to use but won't make any difference to performance
keith dublin
Member Number 161Full ISDC Members 2015
Same as above better off p1ssing into the tank
F
forester sti
Guest
As far as I have read,
NF is the only one of have ever seen test results prooving octane imporvements,
and a lot of lads use lucas with good results,
I have never seen good results from Pro boost!
NF is my personal preferance! I use 100ml per tank of E5, which is just shy of 2 ron prooven, so hopefully around 101ron
Check out the traders section for the best prices!
Dan
NF is the only one of have ever seen test results prooving octane imporvements,
and a lot of lads use lucas with good results,
I have never seen good results from Pro boost!
NF is my personal preferance! I use 100ml per tank of E5, which is just shy of 2 ron prooven, so hopefully around 101ron
Check out the traders section for the best prices!
Dan
Only ever heard of that pro boost crap being recommended by people that dont know what they are talkin about.....
They will swear by it without ever having used it....... "Pro Boost is the best stuff i ever put in a car, Makes it stupid fast and only put 1 cap full into a full tank of petrol" Said the fella wantin to race a 2ltr turbo WRX wagon in a Renault Clio...........
It wont do your engine any harm to use it..... but it wont do you any good either.....
Get the tried and tested stuff and keep your engine in top order.....
They will swear by it without ever having used it....... "Pro Boost is the best stuff i ever put in a car, Makes it stupid fast and only put 1 cap full into a full tank of petrol" Said the fella wantin to race a 2ltr turbo WRX wagon in a Renault Clio...........
It wont do your engine any harm to use it..... but it wont do you any good either.....
Get the tried and tested stuff and keep your engine in top order.....
F
fat-controller
Guest
its just a money racket, three years never used any off them never a problem,car runs like a dream,more like pi**in your money down the drain.
Right here's some truth on the whole topic and YES we did test them.
When mapping cars with AndyF one member had put a Can and a Half of pro boost in and it had no effect
on the RON of the petrol , this was done over the space of aprox 30/40mins .
I was up next for mapping and had my usual supply of NF in the boot , gave the lad a bottle........ and half was added to the tank.
They went back out and very soon AndyF notice an increase in the RON , car was mapped for same and both driver and Andy where very happy.
I wasn't able to get my car mapped that day (issue with ECU) , so bought an Apexi ECU and when getting mapped next time i used LUCAS.
Again it was AndyF who mapped the car . We used a half bottle of LUCAS and everything went fine , i was very happy with result, so was Andy
I asked which did he prefer LUCAS or NF ..................he said NF , it's what he uses himself and it's tried and tested, that said he found no fault with LUCAS.
I asked him what sort of RON increase it was giving ? he said "while he couldn't give an exact figure , it was giving the same results as Shell Optimax in the UK
which is 98RON.
After that i always used LUCAS thanks to Damo it was half the price of NF if ya bought in bulk
I think NF has come down in price now though
Niall.
When mapping cars with AndyF one member had put a Can and a Half of pro boost in and it had no effect
on the RON of the petrol , this was done over the space of aprox 30/40mins .
I was up next for mapping and had my usual supply of NF in the boot , gave the lad a bottle........ and half was added to the tank.
They went back out and very soon AndyF notice an increase in the RON , car was mapped for same and both driver and Andy where very happy.
I wasn't able to get my car mapped that day (issue with ECU) , so bought an Apexi ECU and when getting mapped next time i used LUCAS.
Again it was AndyF who mapped the car . We used a half bottle of LUCAS and everything went fine , i was very happy with result, so was Andy
I asked which did he prefer LUCAS or NF ..................he said NF , it's what he uses himself and it's tried and tested, that said he found no fault with LUCAS.
I asked him what sort of RON increase it was giving ? he said "while he couldn't give an exact figure , it was giving the same results as Shell Optimax in the UK
which is 98RON.
After that i always used LUCAS thanks to Damo it was half the price of NF if ya bought in bulk
I think NF has come down in price now though
Niall.
R
Renno555
Guest
[quote author=fat-controller link=topic=18459.msg227049#msg227049 date=1254951136]
its just a money racket, three years never used any off them never a problem,car runs like a dream,more like pi**in your money down the drain.
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Lets hope no one takes your advise.
its just a money racket, three years never used any off them never a problem,car runs like a dream,more like pi**in your money down the drain.
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Lets hope no one takes your advise.
R
Renno555
Guest
[quote author=Niallyboy link=topic=18459.msg227603#msg227603 date=1255171547]
Right here's some truth on the whole topic and YES we did test them.
When mapping cars with AndyF one member had put a Can and a Half of pro boost in and it had no effect
on the RON of the petrol , this was done over the space of aprox 30/40mins .
I was up next for mapping and had my usual supply of NF in the boot , gave the lad a bottle........ and half was added to the tank.
They went back out and very soon AndyF notice an increase in the RON , car was mapped for same and both driver and Andy where very happy.
I wasn't able to get my car mapped that day (issue with ECU) , so bought an Apexi ECU and when getting mapped next time i used LUCAS.
Again it was AndyF who mapped the car . We used a half bottle of LUCAS and everything went fine , i was very happy with result, so was Andy
I asked which did he prefer LUCAS or NF ..................he said NF , it's what he uses himself and it's tried and tested, that said he found no fault with LUCAS.
I asked him what sort of RON increase it was giving ? he said "while he couldn't give an exact figure , it was giving the same results as Shell Optimax in the UK
which is 98RON.
After that i always used LUCAS thanks to Damo it was half the price of NF if ya bought in bulk
I think NF has come down in price now though
Niall.
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Yeah I think it was Dave Frawly who had the Pro Boost back then. Did nothing. NF and Lucas always did the trick.
Yeah as you say Niall Performance Subaru up North and Sti Tuning where / are charging 22.50 PER BOTTLE of NF until Ciaran in ASD got the price down to 13.50 per bottle
Damo
Right here's some truth on the whole topic and YES we did test them.
When mapping cars with AndyF one member had put a Can and a Half of pro boost in and it had no effect
on the RON of the petrol , this was done over the space of aprox 30/40mins .
I was up next for mapping and had my usual supply of NF in the boot , gave the lad a bottle........ and half was added to the tank.
They went back out and very soon AndyF notice an increase in the RON , car was mapped for same and both driver and Andy where very happy.
I wasn't able to get my car mapped that day (issue with ECU) , so bought an Apexi ECU and when getting mapped next time i used LUCAS.
Again it was AndyF who mapped the car . We used a half bottle of LUCAS and everything went fine , i was very happy with result, so was Andy
I asked which did he prefer LUCAS or NF ..................he said NF , it's what he uses himself and it's tried and tested, that said he found no fault with LUCAS.
I asked him what sort of RON increase it was giving ? he said "while he couldn't give an exact figure , it was giving the same results as Shell Optimax in the UK
which is 98RON.
After that i always used LUCAS thanks to Damo it was half the price of NF if ya bought in bulk
I think NF has come down in price now though
Niall.
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Yeah I think it was Dave Frawly who had the Pro Boost back then. Did nothing. NF and Lucas always did the trick.
Yeah as you say Niall Performance Subaru up North and Sti Tuning where / are charging 22.50 PER BOTTLE of NF until Ciaran in ASD got the price down to 13.50 per bottle
Damo