is using toluene bad for the motor, does anyone recommeneit

 

Toluene is not bad for gasoline powered engines. It is one of the commonly known chemical species in the lighter petroleum hydrocarbon fuels. It is the T" in BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes). A refinery engineer told me the better octane booster is benzene. I'd approached him about some commercial octane boosters that were predominatly alcohol and toluene.

Something that is better still is high octane fuel. You can get this at race tracks and private plane airports. Be careful when you get it to make sure you are getting unleaded. Many airplane and racing gases are still leaded. I raced for many years until 2004 using 110 octane leaded fuel. It cost about $5.00 per gallon. The cost was always pretty stable, unlike pump gas.

Get a couple of high flow 5 gallon gas cans and fill up. Then pour into your auto. You'll find at many tracks you can drive your auto right up to the pump. Only about 1/3 of the airports will let you pull up to the pump and there is likely someone around that will tell you that you can't put the fuel in your street registered auto because there is not road tax on the fuel.

You should be able to find 100 octane, at minimum at the airports and race tracks. They will burn more completely, more smoothly, and a little bit cooler than pump gas that has an extra shot of toluene. While largely theorhetical, the negative effects may surface with juiced pump gas - especially if you race regularly with it.