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James L Miller · 02-24-2012, 12:38 PM

I doubt most of the race fuel companies have their own refineries, except for the major oil companies like Sunoco and Conoco/Phillips. Here is a list of refineries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...#United_States

I don't see VP listed in San Antonio, but there is a NuStar Energy there. I'm sure VP blends various chemicals from the refinery to make their fuels. In general, the short chain alkanes have the higher octane ratings, but they also evaporate at the lower temperatures. Aromatics like benzene, xylene and toluene have good octane ratings. Well, one of the three xylenes do, the other two not so good. Here is a company that provides blendstocks for example:

http://www.texasaromatics.com/pages/blendstocks.html

It could be that some of the race fuels are blended at the refinery to the companies specifications.

02-24-2012, 12:38 PM	#3
James L Miller Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 494 Likes: 6 Liked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Anyone test Renegade fuel ? I doubt most of the race fuel companies have their own refineries, except for the major oil companies like Sunoco and Conoco/Phillips. Here is a list of refineries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...#United_States I don't see VP listed in San Antonio, but there is a NuStar Energy there. I'm sure VP blends various chemicals from the refinery to make their fuels. In general, the short chain alkanes have the higher octane ratings, but they also evaporate at the lower temperatures. Aromatics like benzene, xylene and toluene have good octane ratings. Well, one of the three xylenes do, the other two not so good. Here is a company that provides blendstocks for example: http://www.texasaromatics.com/pages/blendstocks.html It could be that some of the race fuels are blended at the refinery to the companies specifications. __________________ Mopar 2 Ya!