300x on 87 octane
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Re: 300x on 87 octane
Originally Posted by Firewalker
There is a fuel addiive on the market called TK-7 made by Tal indudtries, it works...... and is the ONLY additive I know of that does. It is like Crack for motors.
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Re: 300x on 87 octane
I am also running 300x's and have a concern that 91+ is going to be hard to find in one of the area's I boat. Im under the belief that 89 is out of the question.
Is this TK-7 stuff safe to keep on board or is it highly flammable. I would be interested in keeping a few gallons on board to add if the fuel I was putting in was questionable.
Thoughts?????
Is this TK-7 stuff safe to keep on board or is it highly flammable. I would be interested in keeping a few gallons on board to add if the fuel I was putting in was questionable.
Thoughts?????
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Re: 300x on 87 octane
Originally Posted by rsess
OK I did the math. That stuff requires 1 ounce to the gallon of 87. That means 1 gallon does 130 gallons of gas. At $115 plus tax plus shipping for a gallon of the stuff, it works about a buck a gallon above the price of 87. Those $5 red cans are looking good. Any body know a good way to transfer gas from them instead of holding them by hand. Thanks for info.
get a gas caddy.... 30 gallons with a a hand pump..... check out overtons...
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Re: 300x on 87 octane
Originally Posted by rsess
OK I did the math. That stuff requires 1 ounce to the gallon of 87. That means 1 gallon does 130 gallons of gas. At $115 plus tax plus shipping for a gallon of the stuff, it works about a buck a gallon above the price of 87. Those $5 red cans are looking good. Any body know a good way to transfer gas from them instead of holding them by hand. Thanks for info.
The maxlead 2000 at $30/gallon comes out to $108 for the same amount of treated fuel their website is http://www.maxlead2000.com/
There is also Octane supreme 130, their website is
http://www.kemcooil.com/product_info.php?pId=61
A friend has used Maxlead 2000 in his 440 that needs 104 octane to not run on at shutdown and it worked in it, that's the only experience I've had with it.
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Re: 300x on 87 octane
I looked at the Gas caddie but at over 300.00 in the past it wasn't cost effective ...fuel dock 10 mins from my dock is @ 2.42 for 92 octane and 20 mins away I can get 93 for the same price or usually less ....92 at the pump is running almost the same if not more ....plus your looking at over 200lbs for a full caddie ....
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Re: 300x on 87 octane
I have 200 gallon tanks, got four - 6gallon cans thats 24 gallons. I fill up before I go to the boat dump fuel in. Drive 1/2 mile to the gas station and fill up another 24 gallons. I never run far enough to burn 200 gallons, so I usually only put 48 gallons in at a time depending on weekend usage and how low I run the tanks. It is not bad, especially if it will save your motors. ALso I took off the oil injection for reliability, so I dump a 1/2 gallon of oil between the 4 cans and pump 24 gallons, for a 48:1 mixture. The gas is cheaper on land too, obviously. It may be a little extra labor but it will save your motors and your $$$$. Buy more cans if you dont have a close station. $5 a can is cheap!!
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Re: 300x on 87 octane
Just got off the phone with the Merc guy and he still reccomended AV in the Havasu heat. He said that losing a motor due to low octane was more of a concern than AV being "dry". He also said to mix 50/50 of 91 and AV unless the motors will be run hard and in that case run straight AV. Everybody has different opinions but I will stick with what Merc says.