Octane Booster

[Sin City Stan]

Originally Posted by Todd

Seafoam is not an octane booster. It breaks down gummy deposits that can then be filtered out. No MMT. As far as I can tell, Seafoam is 100% petroleum based. I know it breaks down gum and varnish pretty good because I have used it cleaning parts when disassembled.

Also seems to displace moisture and doesn't seem harmful to rubber, gaskets, or plastic (thats the biggy to me). It also has lubricating properties so they claim and I have no reason not to believe

I don't usually run in a tank of fuel unless its old or seems to get moisture in it...so that means maybe once a year around February after the bike does more sitting than riding for a month or two.

Many swear by it in every few tanks and it doesn't seem to do harm...just gets costly and I personally am not sure of all of the benefits in every few tanks but I don't think it does any harm and if it makes people feel more confident or feel like their bike runs a tad better, good for everyone. Probably setting myself up for a thrashing with that comment.

I have used it to scrub the throttle body on my Nomad, clean dirt bike carbs, small engine carbs, and even the throttle body on my Expedition.

Just a note on Seafoam, it's 10%-20% alcohol. So don't go crazy with it.

[Todd]

Originally Posted by Sin City Stan

Just a note on Seafoam, it's 10%-20% alcohol. So don't go crazy with it.

Makes sense for displacing the moisture. Isopropyl Alcohol is petroleum based I am pretty sure.

[blowndodge]

Id think your ass would burn using that todd?

[Rotorboy]

I found this http://www.fueltechexperts.com/2008/...which-is-best/ that shows octane boosters are not the same and a point may only be a decimal.

[Todd]

Originally Posted by blowndodge

Id think your ass would burn using that todd?

It does but only when there is not enough fiber in my diet

Originally Posted by Rotorboy

I found this http://www.fueltechexperts.com/2008/...which-is-best/ that shows octane boosters are not the same and a point may only be a decimal.

Interesting that this 'article' has a link where you can buy the product that finished #1. Might be all legit but makes me wonder

[Sin City Stan]

Originally Posted by Todd

Makes sense for displacing the moisture. Isopropyl Alcohol is petroleum based I am pretty sure.

IPA is not a petroleum product. IPA = 100 parts ethanol, 8 parts acetone and 1.5 parts methyl isobutyl ketone. (methyl isobutyl ketone is a derivative of acetone)

So again, don't go crazy with it. Most of us start off with 10% ethanol in every gallon of gas we buy. That's a half gallon for every 5 we put in the tank.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by Todd

Makes sense for displacing the moisture. Isopropyl Alcohol is petroleum based I am pretty sure.

It's alcohol - it's distilled.

[skiman]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

It's alcohol - it's distilled.

Your thinking of the drinking kind, Isopropyl alcohol is made through Hydration reaction which is a type of chemical reaction.

[Todd]

Originally Posted by skiman

Your thinking of the drinking kind, Isopropyl alcohol is made through Hydration reaction which is a type of chemical reaction.

exactly...from Propene which is a byproduct of fossil fuel/oil refining. Pure Isopropyl..not rubbing alcohol.

[Netnorske]

Well...I'm gonna drop the bike off today at Everett Powersports and pony up $275.00 for a real Dyno-Tune. From everything I have learned about it over the past few days, my bike should greatly benefit from the process. My PC III will finally get set up for true optimization of my particular bikes set-up. I hope it is worth it...I'll post my thoughts after the weekend when I've had a chance to ride it some.

[blowndodge]

money bags!!!!

[Netnorske]

Im working my liberal foes at work to see how they would get Obama to pay for it...!!

[rickyboy]

Glad to hear you dug up one of your coffee cans full of money, from your back yard Kris.

Good luck with the dyno. I look fwd. to hearing how you make out.

[Netnorske]

While I have yet to get the bike out of third gear since picking it up, here are the results from my DynoJet Tune. The left to right rising line is my HP, with the blue line before the Dyno tune and the green line after. It shows an improvement from 52.84 HP to 57.18. I find that to be a significant change for the better...10% overall more HP, with the biggest improvement in the higher range, which is where my concerns were.

The falling line is my overall torqure curve, again with the blue before and the green after. A tad bit more torque as well. Tomorrow I will get out and really give it a run, but I could tell the difference right from the line. The bike had more pop even in just the lower gears. I'm anxious to try it on the slab and roll on some high-end power, but I'm confident now this was worth the expenditure!

[markclark57]

Black is still the fastest color . . . My last Dyno max was 72 hp @ 84 ft. lbs. torque. Almost makes me wonder if different machines show different numbers. Patricia made me promise not to race anymore until we get health insurance again, or we could do a little test at the Rally.