I just wanted to share my results with KleanStrip paint thinner. The CLEAr one, not the white biodegradeable one.
At first i came home with the white container, pour a splash and notice "whoa this stuff is white! That aint happenin" . So i returned it to walmart, got a refund and got what i needed.
So how i made it work is:
Disconnect both front o2 sensors to enrich the fuel mix. I then poured 1/4 of the container into my 1/8th filled gas tank. Did an idle. then a small pull. Was peppier.
Mind you this is v6 3.8l manual trans.
So i added more. Now i poured a total of half the container. Was even peppier and it seemed to stretch the powerband wider. Little afterfiring but that was expected on an octane booster. This stuff is like nitrous that you pour into your gas tank. More expensive though. Not worth doing it often. Like $8 per 1/8th tank.
Removing the o2 sensors could only get me so far in fuel. Now i disconnect the MAF and IAT and sure enough the engine ran richer.I knew this stuff was really working because the engine would normally die due to the richness.
The engine still needed my foot to stay running so i pour 1/4 more of the container in the gas tank. I will tell you this stuff really works. I was able to do some 4th gear tire peeling action up an incline. Can definitely feel the snap after each gear change.
The stretched powerband doesn't last long at all though in 4th gear. You can hear and feel the power fall flat. Maybe it was too much of an incline for 4th gear. I am considering adding more to it and adding a touch more fuel by removing/plugging the vacuum line to the fuel pressure regulator.
The lack of ignition timing is pretty neat too just for the crackle sound that says you did something. One or two degrees advance would be about right for this fuel mod.
But all in all you 100% do get a power gain. No matter what they say, or heard, or heard from a guy thats heard.
----------EDIT: i forgot to mention this test was done with 4.56 gears installed. There is no way a 3.8 v6 on stock 2.73 gears would spin 4th gear like that---------
At first i came home with the white container, pour a splash and notice "whoa this stuff is white! That aint happenin" . So i returned it to walmart, got a refund and got what i needed.
So how i made it work is:
Disconnect both front o2 sensors to enrich the fuel mix. I then poured 1/4 of the container into my 1/8th filled gas tank. Did an idle. then a small pull. Was peppier.
Mind you this is v6 3.8l manual trans.
So i added more. Now i poured a total of half the container. Was even peppier and it seemed to stretch the powerband wider. Little afterfiring but that was expected on an octane booster. This stuff is like nitrous that you pour into your gas tank. More expensive though. Not worth doing it often. Like $8 per 1/8th tank.
Removing the o2 sensors could only get me so far in fuel. Now i disconnect the MAF and IAT and sure enough the engine ran richer.I knew this stuff was really working because the engine would normally die due to the richness.
The engine still needed my foot to stay running so i pour 1/4 more of the container in the gas tank. I will tell you this stuff really works. I was able to do some 4th gear tire peeling action up an incline. Can definitely feel the snap after each gear change.
The stretched powerband doesn't last long at all though in 4th gear. You can hear and feel the power fall flat. Maybe it was too much of an incline for 4th gear. I am considering adding more to it and adding a touch more fuel by removing/plugging the vacuum line to the fuel pressure regulator.
The lack of ignition timing is pretty neat too just for the crackle sound that says you did something. One or two degrees advance would be about right for this fuel mod.
But all in all you 100% do get a power gain. No matter what they say, or heard, or heard from a guy thats heard.
----------EDIT: i forgot to mention this test was done with 4.56 gears installed. There is no way a 3.8 v6 on stock 2.73 gears would spin 4th gear like that---------
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