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Toluene, Is This The Answer ?


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Toluene has great anti-knock characteristics but is highly toxic and polluting, been around forever. Honda used it to great effect in their turbo F1 engines, at up to 40lbs of boost.

I guess if you are going for every rwkw, this is a viable option, but I think not for just a modded daily driver. Horses for courses I suppose!

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Toluene is also classed as a known confirmed carcenagen, contact is proven to cause cancer. We test our e85 and are getting excellent results, typically a 350 kw turbo engine can make another 60-100 kw at the same boost. We went from 9.92 to 9.72 and added 5 mph in a VL turbo on the 1/4. We used toluene when I did my advanced engine design and tuning course back in the '90's, and it wasn't new then, if it were the answer it would be used universally.

Joel

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