STP Octane Booster

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the_edge150

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i found out that if when you go to mix your fuel, if you put in about 4 ounces of STP Octane Booster (99cents store stuff) it will make a considerable difference in mid-to high RPM's.^5
 

Bikeguy Joe

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That would be the case if you are running too rich...the octane booster "thins out" the fuel for the fuel/oil mix, thereby making a rich(er) engine lean out closer to peak performance.

Higher octane is pointless to the china in frame engine since the compression is already very low.
 

Bikeguy Joe

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Not much.

Octane booster make higher octane. Higher octane make the mix burn slower and is handy with high compression engines so they don't pre-detonate.
 

Goat Herder

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:-||Another thing about octain boosters is they can clean the carbon out thus improving the availible oxygen in a given motors combustion chamber, like fuel induction cleaning. Not much experimenting can be done on these chinas, danger will robenson.
 

jasonh

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Probably better off yanking off the head and manually cleaning for carbon removal.

I'm curious how well seafoam works on these motors as far as a good cleaning.