Anyone use Additives?
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Anyone use Additives?
Just curious, but do any of you ever use any kind of additives in your pickup? Oil additive? Gas? Slick-50? ETC?
Ken
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1997 F150 XLT-STX, Reg. Cab,Oxford White, 4.2L, Auto, 3:55, Prestige Alarm System, MPC Wrap Bugshield, Spare tire Shield,
-It's a beautiful Thing!-
Also: 1996 Probe
1998 Mustang
1999 Taurus
Ken
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1997 F150 XLT-STX, Reg. Cab,Oxford White, 4.2L, Auto, 3:55, Prestige Alarm System, MPC Wrap Bugshield, Spare tire Shield,
-It's a beautiful Thing!-
Also: 1996 Probe
1998 Mustang
1999 Taurus
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From: Fast46TritonVille
I tried that 104+ Octance boost. Didnt see any difference. THe only stuff that works is the real 104 octance you get at the tracks.
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1999 Fast46triton Edition® Ford F150 XLT Supercab, Shortbed, 4x2, 4 wheel disc brakes/4 wheel Anti-Lock Brakes, Cloth Seats, Amazon green, 16" All season tires, Soft Tonneau Cover, CD Player, 4.6 liter Triton V8, 3:55 ls, towing package, 4 speed auto, K&N Airfilter
0-60 time of 8.2 seconds!
Email me at fast46triton@yahoo.com
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Fast46Triton ®
1999 Fast46triton Edition® Ford F150 XLT Supercab, Shortbed, 4x2, 4 wheel disc brakes/4 wheel Anti-Lock Brakes, Cloth Seats, Amazon green, 16" All season tires, Soft Tonneau Cover, CD Player, 4.6 liter Triton V8, 3:55 ls, towing package, 4 speed auto, K&N Airfilter
0-60 time of 8.2 seconds!
Email me at fast46triton@yahoo.com
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From: Columbus, Georgia
No oil additives, no octane boost, and rarely I will use an injector cleaner. However...to answer your question...no, I stay away from additives. They just are not needed today in *my opinion* in most cases.
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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99
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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99
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Yep...there goes FAST...trying to get that 0-60 time below 8.0 seconds!! hahaha
I filled up with Shell 87 Octane the other day...and tried another 0-60 test...pathetic compared to my norm(7.9x seconds)....8.4 seconds!
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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99
I filled up with Shell 87 Octane the other day...and tried another 0-60 test...pathetic compared to my norm(7.9x seconds)....8.4 seconds!
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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99
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I've used Slick 50 for many years and it's hard to say if it works or not as I haven't had any lube related problems. The last place I worked at had an oil lab and they did testing on several oils and additives, just to see. Results were: Mobil 1 was far superior in wear, corrosion resistance, and thermal resistance to petro based oils. And slightly better than other synthetics. These tests were unbiased as I/they were working for an electric utility at the time. I have never tried Mobil 1 and at $4.00+ /qt, I probably won't.
The additives did not show any signicant improvements in the above areas.
It doesn't matter, I'll still continue to use it after 10,000 miles in the new one.
Had 160K on a 2.3L 4cyl, no problems.
130K on a 4.0L V-6 no "lube" related problems.
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The additives did not show any signicant improvements in the above areas.
It doesn't matter, I'll still continue to use it after 10,000 miles in the new one.
Had 160K on a 2.3L 4cyl, no problems.
130K on a 4.0L V-6 no "lube" related problems.
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