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Old 09-04-2013, 04:40 PM   #2
Pedigo Perf
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Default Re: racing fuel with oxygen sensors

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Originally Posted by Tar Heel View Post
Was at the tuner's Monday getting a tune and dyno and he suggested adding 116 racing fuel in the tank. Said about 5 gallons in a 16 gallon tank. I still run both the front and rear oxygen sensors. Won't this hurt them? We don't drive on the street anymore; only race. His thinking was that it helps with possible detonation on launch ... which I've never heard of either. Worth it or a waste of money? It's a stock LS1 and we run 93 gas typically.
I don't think you will hurt anything running a little race gas at times. I ran a lot of race gas through the ten oxygen sensors used on my dyno and rarely had an issue. For some reason Ethanol killed quite a few however.

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