here we go again....
Mix all the gas you want - your consistency will never be the same. Adding toluene to pump gas is a waste of $$$ and time IMO, pump gas mixes are so variable that one day it might be 89 octane, the next it might be 85. Hard to mix a consistent batch of fuel when your base fuel varies with humidity, temp, etc. MMT is banned in Canada and MTBE is banned in California. Most of the chemicals you'll be mixing will likely be harmful to your health. Take serious care when playing with them. Its highly unlikely your house insurance will cover your property losses from a fire (god forbid if you have one) and the investigation determines that you were mixing your own race fuel in your garage.
Race fuel costs more because it it blended properly, fractioned properly and manufactured properly.
I have never seen anyone with a $100,000 car, pouring paint thinner into the gas tank. Most of the internet articles you're reading are some guy with a beat up old porsche, thinking he's smarter than most petroleum engineers and making his home brewed go-juice which is giving him a seat of the pants performance increase. Most of the time, the components they are using are often corroding their system components and causing motor damage or fuel system damage - but you'll never read about the 3 times they replaced the fuel pump etc, on their internet article.....
Ask any serious big time performance engine builder what you should run in their motor - see if they will guarantee that their motor will perform as promised when you tell them you are going to run paint thinner, mineral spirits and transmission fluid through it - see what they have to say.
Home made gas is just like home made wine - some are good, some are bad, but none taste like the properly made stuff.
If it were me and I didn't want to buy race fuel due to the cost, I'd tune my sled so that I didn't have to run it. It would be far better (and cheaper in the long run) to have the head re-cut etc, so that race fuel was not required, than to burn down a couple of motors while running a home blend of race fuel.
Just my opinion.
yah your probably right,, just tosing around some ideas right now...
Less compresion isn't going to happen so some kind of higher octane fuel
will be required.
I see Sunco and Cheveron offer High Octane race fuel on special order
so i'm going to look into that.
I just liked the xlene and tolulene idea, because in my buisness I have
cheap accsess to both.Pretty sure after my first burnt down motor I'd
quit running it..lol But I'll probably take your advice and go another way.
Then again my Grandma owns a wine and beer making store and I think
the ch!t tastes pretty good...lol
Thanks for the input,i'll most likely order fuel from cheveron or get some AV
gas(although I'm getting mixed reviews on the AV gas too...)
Edit:Chevron only has 94octane,, but sunnoco has 100 and 110 octane on special order....