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Old May 7, 2008 | 08:45 AM
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Default Re: Experimenting with Toluene

Originally Posted by sonoronos
How is Toluene equivalent to "snake oil"?

Honda ran 84% Toluene on its 1.5L Turbo Formula 1 engines for three years! They were pushing 36.3psi boost at 9.4:1 compression ratios using what was essentially "paint thinner."
that's because they actually spent the time tuning the engine to the fuel, where most average joe, just throws it in the tank and expects something marvelous to happen, need to retune the ecu for toluene.

Also mythbusters, does the most half asses experiments, where nothing is really explained properly.

I wouldn't put more than 10% Toluene mixe in my tank if I where you. maybe for grins I would mix 5% nitro.
 

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