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Honda_exrider
12-22-2005, 10:32 PM
is using octane boost in your ATV bad for it?
trx400exxracer
12-22-2005, 10:33 PM
don't do it

it is a wast of money it is meant for cars
12-23-2005, 03:38 AM
my friend put it in his recon and killed the rings in it
Rdhanded2
12-23-2005, 03:46 PM
How did it kill the rings? I have never heard of anyone using it, but I just figured that is because it was a waste of money.
12-24-2005, 07:46 PM
ive used it in mine for 10 months and it aint done nothin to it
SRH
12-24-2005, 09:51 PM
i use the klotz stuff from time to time, cleans out the carb....doubles as a fuel stabilizer i beleive...and i cant remember but perhaps a dry gas too
12-24-2005, 11:32 PM
he may have added it wrong but whenever we put it in it smoked a whole lot and a few riding hours later the engine blew
12-25-2005, 08:52 AM
i think the main deal with it is u dont want to use a $h!t ton of it cuz then ur engine gets too hot and then thats when it gets messed up
tater_kamik
12-25-2005, 03:57 PM
i dont see why it would cause it to run hotter, all the octane rating is is the fuel's resistance to detonation. though it could run hotter because of whatever the octane booster is made of. i doubt it though. you can use small amounts of tolulene to increase the octane rating, get on google to find the calculation for how much tolulene to how much gasoline.