Pure Stocker Thread

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by GarysZ24

We can only hope so Dan, and beyond the lower cost fuel, it would allow the engines to run cleaner, so we could help keep our clean air clean...especially in the northwest with all of your trees! My car has a low compression engine, so It would probably like the 94 Octane Sunoco, over the 110 stock legal fuel. Good luck with your racing this year!

Thanks...does 110 racing gas make Stocker and Super Stockers run quicker?

Just ran at the 1st Annual Northern Super Heavy Shoot-out at Cecil County Dragway
It was a lot of fun..my car weighed 4390# to 4325# and made 9 runs.
There was enough time to make 15 T&T runs before running the competitions.
On racer made 22 runs.

Love the idea being able to keep costs low and put them into the car.
I filled up with Sunoco 93 Octane near the track.

Just think it is not good judgement by IHRA and NHRA forcing racers to use race gas.
When Pump Gas is useable for Stock Cars.

I can see for high compression but most of our cars are not.

Dan

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

Thanks...does 110 racing gas make Stocker and Super Stockers run quicker?

Just ran at the 1st Annual Northern Super Heavy Shoot-out at Cecil County Dragway
It was a lot of fun..my car weighed 4390# to 4325# and made 9 runs.
There was enough time to make 15 T&T runs before running the competitions.
On racer made 22 runs.

Love the idea being able to keep costs low and put them into the car.
I filled up with Sunoco 93 Octane near the track.

Just think it is not good judgement by IHRA and NHRA forcing racers to use race gas.
When Pump Gas is useable for Stock Cars.

I can see for high compression but most of our cars are not.

Dan

I don't think 110 fuel is an improvement for low compression engines (especially mine)... many of todays regular autos, don't need to use Premium Unleaded like the Challengers, Mustangs, and Camaro's do. I can check my old log books, but I'm certain that when I had to stop using aviation fuel, and start using VP/Sunoco instead, I'm certain that it didn't help my car run any quicker, and actually may have slowed it down a little?

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

Thanks...does 110 racing gas make Stocker and Super Stockers run quicker?

Just ran at the 1st Annual Northern Super Heavy Shoot-out at Cecil County Dragway
It was a lot of fun..my car weighed 4390# to 4325# and made 9 runs.
There was enough time to make 15 T&T runs before running the competitions.
On racer made 22 runs.

Love the idea being able to keep costs low and put them into the car.
I filled up with Sunoco 93 Octane near the track.

Just think it is not good judgement by IHRA and NHRA forcing racers to use race gas.
When Pump Gas is useable for Stock Cars.

I can see for high compression but most of our cars are not.

Dan

Most stocker engines built to the blueprint minimums have a much higher compression ratio then stock. The race gas helps.

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

Most stocker engines built to the blueprint minimums have a much higher compression ratio then stock. The race gas helps.

Yeah some higher compression is realized when Blueprinted.
But closer to the advertised Compression Ratio.

Deck Block to Minimum Rating, .030/.070 Overbore, .015 over Crank.
The Overbore helps unshroud the Valves and breaths little better.
But cannot see more than a 1/2 point increase in Compression.

Maybe wrong ..my 2 Cents !!

Still 93 Octane runs well in my LT1.
Which has 10.5 to 1 Compression and running 36 degrees Timing.

Figure that 100% gasoline would run a better ET than 10% Methanol Blend.
Because the Methanol reduces the BTU produced...

My 94 Caprice LT1 Wagon seems to have lost 1 mpg in cruising.
Tougher to get 24 mpg, getting more like 22 and 23 mpg fill ups.

Dan