Remarkable New Motor Fuel Now Available In New Zealand

Press, Volume C, Issue 29608, 2 September 1961, Page 12

Remarkable New Motor Fuel Now Available In New Zealand

Cattex OU (N.Z.) Ltd., have announced the introduction to New Zealand of Boron, a new formula motor fuel, tested, proved and widely acclaimed by drivers of all kinds of cars overseas.

The development of Boron motor fuel is being hailed aa an advance no less important in the petroleum industry than the discovery of tetraethyl lead and the inventon of catalytic refining.

And there is good reason for this, for Boron provides answers to problems which have faced petroleum research workers for years—problems originating in engine combustion chambers and limiting power output and smoothness in running. WHAT IS BORON? Boron, which gives its name to this new formula motor fuel, is not a coined word. You will find it in any dictionary described as "a non-metaliic element" . . . one of the atomic building blocks of the universe, like oxygen, hydrogen, uranium and others. The story began some years ago in Research Laboratories of the United States. Scientists found that radically new and important engine benefits would result if the element Boron could be made useable in motor fuel. After many millions had been spent in research. Boron motor fuel became a reality—a completely new. cleaner-

burning hydro-carbon formula. By changing the nature of the combustion in the cylinder. Boron makes a basic change in the power output and smoothness of the engine . any petrol - burning engine, a difference that can be seen in a transpa renttopped laboratory engine—a difference immediately noticeable to most drivers using it. AVIATION ANTI-KNOCK FLUID # The scientists working to evolve Boron saw that here was their opportunity to incorporate into this newformula fuel an ingredient previously available to few motorists. aviation antiknock fluid, and this Quid contributes to the exceptionally high-test rating of this new motor fuel. The use of the element Boron, together with aviation anti-knock fluid in the new formula Boron fuel brings to New Zealand motorists the opportunity to experience an immediate improvement in power, in pick-up, and in smoothness—P.B A. I