Dealing with spark-knock/pinging

[Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,
A while back, I purchased a Gas-savings secrets manual put out by George
Wisemann at http://www.eagle-research.com.  While I haven't tried any of his
"gadgets" yet, I just started trying a trick from his manual, to increase fuel
octane.

This simple trick is to put a couple of MOTH BALLS into the gas tank and then
fill it up.  They have to be the NAPTHALENE type ... only these kind work.  The
moth balls dissolve into the gas and raise the octane rating of the gas.

Ever since I swapped from the 2150 2-bbl to the Holley 600-cfm 4-bbl & Holley
intake, I have a lot more pinging under load, even partial load.  So much, that
I've had to remove the vacuum advance hose to the distributor, as it was
pinging A LOT with vacuum advance (any ideas on this you guys?)

So, recently I switched from 87-octane gas to a tank of 93-octane and the
pinging went away all but under full throttle on the expressway or when taking
off at a light.  I then tried a tank of 89-octane and noticed about the same
amount of pinging as with 93-octane ... which I'm guessing the mixture of 87
that was in the tank and 93 that was added, resulted in a tank of probably
90-octane ... so the tank of 89-octane was near equal.

The other day, I filled up again with 87-octane and added TWO napthalene moth
balls to the tank.  I am getter very little pinging at all.  The only time I've
heard it was under full throttle at take off, and it was very slight (compared
to in the past).  I'm going to keep trying it and see how it goes and will
report back.

Lastly, if anyone else tries this, one warning is the MORE IS NOT BETTER. 
While more moth balls will raise the octane rating, too much napthalene will
burn the oil film off of cylinder walls, causing the rings to bind and
prematurely wear the cylinder walls.  George Wisemann's book "Super Gas Saver
Secrets" says to use NO MORE THAN ONE MOTH BALL PER 5 GALLONS OF GAS.  I only
used 2 per 20-gallons, so I'll increase to more (3) at the next fill up and see
if the pinging goes away more.

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Sincerely,
Greg Taylor  :)   <><
Rochester Hills, Michigan USA

"I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead." - The Apostle Paul (Philippians 3:10-11)

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