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Octane Booster-any Good?

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hi people, picked up my st-3 at the weekend and ran it on shell 97 super unleaded,it ran realy smooth and the bluefin with scorpian exhaust and de-cat were popping and banging all day long, the trouble is were i live me only have 95ron fuel and i would have to travel 140 miles to get unleaded and odviously that would be stupid. i have big plans for my st like intercooler,cais etc and i esume the st wont run so well and maybe loose the pops and bangs running on 95ron. i have found ocatne boost on ebay taken the 95ron to 97 super unleaded,should this be ok? thanks
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Millers-Oils-Octane-...=item27adbe2d46
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yeh it works well put it in then fill it up wi petrol gives it a good mix always ran the scoobs when doing hillclimbs/trackdays on tesco 99 and a bottle of booster rocket fuel esp when one caught fire in the drive.
QUOTE(SpacemanST @ 14 Dec 2009, 12:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>yeh it works well put it in then fill it up wi petrol gives it a good mix always ran the scoobs when doing hillclimbs/trackdays on tesco 99 and a bottle of booster rocket fuel esp when one caught fire in the drive.
just noticed your from falkirk, i was there at the weekend as thats where my girlfriend used to live, so you think it would be worth me buying it yeh,no risk of damage
We use octane booster in our Group A Cossie Rally car. Never had any problems with it.
Researching on here it won't give benefits above 99 RON like V-Power etc but was mainly used by our cousins in South Africa to make up for lower octane fuel available there.

So should do the trick fine for what you need.
yeh no damage bud if anything it will help prevent any when the car is under load.

where in falkirk
Octane booster shouldn't cause any damage, but I think you'll find it'll start to get very expensive if you're putting it in every time you fill up. You may as well just stay with 95 RON tbh. Octane booster is only really necessary if you're going to be driving the car hard (ie on track) as it affords extra protection against pre-ignition/detonation due to higher engine temperatures.
QUOTE(Lancastrian @ 14 Dec 2009, 02:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Octane booster shouldn't cause any damage, but I think you'll find it'll start to get very expensive if you're putting it in every time you fill up. You may as well just stay with 95 RON tbh. Octane booster is only really necessary if you're going to be driving the car hard (ie on track) as it affords extra protection against pre-ignition/detonation due to higher engine temperatures.i was thinking the bluefin maps would be set-up for super unleaded and that if i used 95 it would be under powered or running aliitle lean?QUOTE(troy45 @ 14 Dec 2009, 12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Researching on here it won't give benefits above 99 RON like V-Power etc but was mainly used by our cousins in South Africa to make up for lower octane fuel available there.So should do the trick fine for what you need.ok thanks ill give it a try:)
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James, you could always give Superchips a call to see if their map is set for 95 or 97 RON. The Bluefin handset for the ST170 had two maps for both fuel grades.
I think 95 RON would be fine, but as above ask Superchips. I would hate to have to buy booster at every fill up as the ST is thirsty enough as it is.
Not sure if theres any difference between bluefin and Code:Red but i always rin on 95Ron, i think ive only put 97 in a few times and 99 once
, im a tight git being a
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QUOTE(davo1983 @ 14 Dec 2009, 04:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not sure if theres any difference between bluefin and Code:Red but i always rin on 95Ron, i think ive only put 97 in a few times and 99 once
, im a tight git being a


does it still run sweet? im just worried about loosing the pops and bags of it lol
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The stage 1, 2 and 3 are all okay on 95RON, but the stage 3+ needs 97 and above.
Saying that, running Tesco's 99 does make the car feel smoother on all the maps.
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