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Toluene is particularly toxic to the respiratory system.
Toluene was used in F1, but only so the timing could be advanced radically on a motor with Forced induction - these were 1.5 Ltr. Turbocharged motors running in excess of 20PSI boost pressures to produce upwards of 700BHP.
The Boxster motor is hardly that, and the timing is essentially non-adjustable (outside of developing and programming new timing/fuel maps into the DME). So you wouldn't be able to take advantage of it all anyway.
Toluene, while approved by the EPA as a fuel additive, was only approved in an attempt to eliminate MBTE, a much bigger offender.
Just because F1 used it means nothing to a street engine.
In the '70's, BMW used to season it's F1 engine blocks by throwing them into snow banks in winter and pissing on them - that's right, the engineers used to go outside and pee in the blocks! Urine contains significant amounts of Nitrogen and this nitrification technique caused nitrogen to bond with the surface of the blocks making them stronger.
Are you advocating that we do this too???
Cheers!
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