Can too much octane booster cause performance problems?
Let's just say that a full bottle of octane booster....one that claimed an increase of 10 actual octane points....was somehow poured into my tank when I only had half a tank of gas. So basically a bottle that treats 25 gallons was added to roughly 7 gallons of 93 octane.
My car started running really crappy after my second pass at the track, and I checked spark and fuel. Basically it felt like I had a LOT less power than I normally do. I took it out on a test road a few nights ago, and as I would climb above 3k RPMs at full throttle...you could feel the car loose power, gain it back, then lose it again....causing almost like a surging. Not normal.
Then when I tried to see what it would do from 1st through 3rd. Normally, if I take off normally and go to full throttle slowly at 2k, it will break the tires loose at around 4k, then a quick shift, and the tires won't grip again until around 2.5k in second. Basically it tears the tires off the car. But the other day, it barely spun during a hard 1-2 shift. The long and the short of it is, it didn't feel as powerful at WOT as it normally does.
I let it run to E, then added half a tank of 93 octane, and the car feels better. Which is making me wonder if the octane boost was the problem.
It was stupid to add it, I know. I have no excuse for my stupidity...I know better.
Let's just say that a full bottle of octane booster....one that claimed an increase of 10 actual octane points....was somehow poured into my tank when I only had half a tank of gas. So basically a bottle that treats 25 gallons was added to roughly 7 gallons of 93 octane.
My car started running really crappy after my second pass at the track, and I checked spark and fuel. Basically it felt like I had a LOT less power than I normally do. I took it out on a test road a few nights ago, and as I would climb above 3k RPMs at full throttle...you could feel the car loose power, gain it back, then lose it again....causing almost like a surging. Not normal.
Then when I tried to see what it would do from 1st through 3rd. Normally, if I take off normally and go to full throttle slowly at 2k, it will break the tires loose at around 4k, then a quick shift, and the tires won't grip again until around 2.5k in second. Basically it tears the tires off the car. But the other day, it barely spun during a hard 1-2 shift. The long and the short of it is, it didn't feel as powerful at WOT as it normally does.
I let it run to E, then added half a tank of 93 octane, and the car feels better. Which is making me wonder if the octane boost was the problem.
It was stupid to add it, I know. I have no excuse for my stupidity...I know better.