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Date Posted: 12:03:15 09/30/02 Mon
Author: David Lewis
Subject: Fuel Combustion Improvement Catalyst

I've now had the Broquet fuel catalyst fitted to the fuel tank of my V6. If you want to know more about Broquet, visit http://www.broquet.co.uk to find out more about the WWII invention which allowed the RAF to operate Merlin engined Hurricanes needing high octane fuel on the poor quality petrol available in Russia. Well now it's in my fuel tank.

Firstly the down side. It cost me dearly to have it fitted by the Peugeot dealership because the tank had to be half removed and new sealing gaskets fitted. On top of the cost of the catalyst, �78, the fitting cost was �98 so I was feeling a little poor. The car had half a tank of 97 octane unleaded in it which I use to give an extra couple of bhp. When I pulled away the pick up was very much more rapid and smooth. I suspect that the Broquet is giving the equivalent of an additional 2 or so octane and the engine is really appreciating it.

I can't really quantify the improvement in output but I know it's there in the same way that I knew I had more oomph when I chipped the engine management computer. Broquet promise improved emissions and fuel economy if you go easy with your right foot but I suspect that I'll settle for the emission improvement and take my bonus in extra urge.

In case you think I'm imagining all this, I did the same with my old Honda Prelude 2.3 which was recommended to run on 97 octane as I thought I would run it on 95 + the catalyst. I got used to the extra power output over 4 years and although the 406 doesn't need 97, it tends to run better on it and with the Broquet it really runs a whole lot better. Any performance improvements are not going to upset the insurers. Whether it's value for money is debatable but once I started the job I wasn't going to let a little thing like money stand in my meglomaniac way.

The next job is a foot pedal switch for the automatic transmission 'sports' mode as I'm fed up with groping passengers right leg while changing the shift mode.

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