Fact or Fiction, moth balls Options

[TotalEclipse97]

i was talking to this guy that did drag racing in his younger years and he said that he use to cut a moth ball in half. fill up the tank with pump gas and put in a half ball per tank. he said it'd raise the octane from 90 whatever to well over 100.

anyone hear of that?

[grimy4]

I personally never melted down any pistons using moth
balls , but i have seen a cycle engine that had a melted piston,
due to using to many moth balls. Big difference between a cycle
and a car . So my best guess the reason for the melt down of
the 75cc motor is it got to hot. My 4 popper ran about 200
degrees when running the moth balls and about 170-180 degrees
with out them. But I still would not recommend testing this on a
newer vehicle. I had nothing to loose back then, it was my spare car
to drive when the weather was bad. although it was a spare ,
I still went out and had some fun racing it !! What was the test car ?
79 Chevy Chevette w/ a 1.9 ltr , 4 gear ,and 4.11 rear gear.
As you can tell it was not much of a car to brag about ,but that little
shit box would scream. That is with alot of tweaking and few custom
orded parts. The use of the moth balls took place back in the mid 80's.
Yes you are right raising octain would help prevent melt down, but
using the moth balls or to many can have a bad effect on a engine.