Let’s cut right to the chase: Fuel additives have a bad reputation in our world. They go by all sorts of names–modifiers, enhancers, boosters–but one unifying term seems to stick to them like glue: snake oil. Like those supposedly medicinal liniments peddled at 19th-century sideshows, they don’t work, they’re overpriced, and they’re sold by con artists.
Or are they?
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A lot of them are just pure snake oil, surprised to see one of the few that actually work.
Results?? Along with enough content and details to verify the results with please!
MNTuningGuru wrote: I would love to see some results from Race Gas, I have been using it for almost 2 years and absolutely love the stuff! Check it out and let me know what you guys think - (canoe link removed)
I don't see how a canoe could make any use of that stuff.
In reply to Tom Suddard:
Isn't there a write-up in the latest GRM issue?
I'd be very interested to see what the difference would be with 93 octane in the tank as the baseline. With the way Ford does their engine mapping now, it may be running on a less optimal tune with the 87 octane in the tank.
I'd like to see a comparison with actual snake oil. I have never been able to find any, I mean, how hard is it to press a snake for oil anyway?
6 months later without any results? Must have been labeled snake oil early on
The article shows the dyno results. Link at the top of this page.
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/lightning-bottle/
if you didn't see it at the top.
pinchvalve wrote: I'd like to see a comparison with actual snake oil. I have never been able to find any, I mean, how hard is it to press a snake for oil anyway?
If you get olive oil by squeezing the E36 M3 out of olives, how do you get baby oil?
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