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Old 29 November 2012 | 01:11 PM
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It's become popular to use methanol/petrol mix these days especially with those with multi-map facility. The popular mix ratio seems to be 20%
Are there advantages of using much lower concentrations say, 3-5% as you might with an octane booster, without the need for any map adjustment?


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Old 29 November 2012 | 04:33 PM
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I`ve also heard of people running up to 5% in with the fuel as an alternative to octane booster,although im not 100% certain if this is safe or even a good idea or not mate,tbh i think this subject is best left to one of the mappers/specialists on here to give there thoughts on it,be patient buddy and someone will come to your aid shortly.
Old 29 November 2012 | 04:39 PM
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I believe I read about running sub 5% as a booster also
Old 29 November 2012 | 05:30 PM
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Methanol as Octane booster I wouldn't use,just due most common ingredient of the Octane booster is,MTBE, ETBE,Ethanol or Toluene

About the octane boosters and fuels great post

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/octanebooster.html

DIY Octane booster

http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...e-booster.html

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Old 29 November 2012 | 09:02 PM
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Methanol lowers the calorific value of the fule, without mapping it will kill your engine.
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