What is OCTANE in Gasoline? (& Octane Booster Explained)

What is octane in gasoline, and what does the octane rating of gasoline mean? AND, what does octane booster do? In this video, Boston Mike, a previous instructor at MMI and current motorsports industry professional goes over what octane means and shares some of his knowledge with us!

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[Paramoto]

I never assumed mechanics were anything but smart. But these dudes are straight up motorcycle savants.

[bratkid]

At 5000 rpm, the spark plug for each cylinder fires 2500 times. In a four stroke engine, two strokes occur for every revolution of the crankshaft. The intake stroke occurs as the piston travels down (1/2 crank revolution, or 180 degrees). Then the compression stroke equals the second 180 degree crank revolution. Same for power stroke and exhaust stroke. In a 2 stroke engine, the plug fires once for every revolution of the crankshaft.

[sway]

Bro like the fact that you have these awesome knowledgeable individuals...and they put out great info! Keep it up man...hope your health goes on the up and up!

[Kelz]

He made that easy to understand...I know when I go out of state and can get 93 dead dinos I get better mileage.

[davidpeterson]

I could listen to these guys all day. Thx Block

[patmanwainwright]

Awesome we can get 98 here. So 98 dead Dino's sounds good to me. Thanks again Blockhead we are always getting awesome info off your channel in a very entertaining way good job again mate.

[SCSEAIHChannel]

Just to clarify when he explained 14:1 fuel air ratio is not the same as compression ratio @5:30

[MickOTooleroadglide]

Awesome info from Mike and slickwideglide, love it when you go there Blockhead and you get the straight-up no bullshit info from very knowledgeable HD blokes

[mitch]

As an apprentice mechanic I found that really interesting. Cheers fellas.

[twodogs]

Cool info. Luckily we can readily get ethanol free fuel here in 🇦🇺. Ethanol will boost your octane rating but reduce the power/L or gal. You can then go into the whole explanation of the difference in octane rating measures in US v/s Europe & 🇦🇺. (RON+MON)/2 vs RON effectively, as I vaguely remember from a high school physics class

[Paul]

Eeeey anotha ep, and is with Mike, nice XD <3
😂 The way Chris jumps in, such a funny dude
I use 95 octane gasoline, that's the standard here

[CynideCypher]

this is the torque test channel intro almost to a tee

[Noneyurbusiness]

I bet you that man is a magnificent mechanic

[runst]

need more Boston mike explain-in things...Mikes techy moments...

[HughBeRiding]

Educational. Thanks for putting this up 🤘🇳🇿

[this_is_kali]

When are we seeing a classic V8 again Block?

[ecrusch]

Man, THESE are the kinds of dudes you want working on your bike!

[johnford]

Any recommendation on octane booster for travel in areas where you can’t even get 91/93 gas?

[longdistanceslumberparty]

Bro woke me up to how this shit works thanks I’m gonna learn more of that now

[razzrasmussen]

Science!
I had learned that in the Army. More you know, right.