mtbe, hc05

[James Weiler]

On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, tim gooding wrote:

>  
> Hi all-
>  
> Our team runs the WERA National Endurance series on a Yamaha YZF 600.
> We've never had pre-ignition problems with the stock black box, and
> ~12.5:1 static compression ratio. We use 93 pump gas because its
> cheap(you burn a lot of gas endurance racing). I am curious if this mtbe
> stuff from the octane boost thread can give you a measureable power
> increase because it is "oxygenated". Powermist sells something for
> $16ish a gallon which is not practical here. If this stuff causes
> cancer, is it the sort of thing where you shouldn't be in the same
> county, or use gloves and a respirator when rejetting, or what?
>  
Don't think octane gives you any more bang for you buck it will just 
allow you to run under a load (or part throttle) with greater ignition 
advance without pinging.
MTBE as far as I know doesn't have any toxic side affects.  It's the 
active ingredient in "104 octane boost".
cheers
jw