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09-15-2012, 12:34 PM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
I had read a few years ago in a engineering journal that in many instances ( not all -but most ) that engines ( stock type ) can ran faster on a certain tune with lower octane than available race gas. That going as low as you can with octane with no detonation has shown those results. Would love to post the article but can't find the magazine since I moved. This probably has something to do with the big power engine builders and tuners are getting from pump gas motors nowadays. Wouldn't that be a nice shot in the wallet.
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09-15-2012, 01:04 PM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
A good racing chemist could enhance pump gas and make really good power with it im sure. Most likely be very hard to police with the field test. Pump gas is hard to test because there is no conststancy in it. So much Ethanol in it now a days, and getting worse. Pump gas runis alot of fuel systems these days beacuse of the corosive proporties. Guys would bitch if they started having problems with their 1200.00 Qjets and New Holley's because on the new fuel..
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09-15-2012, 01:51 PM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
Todd, Point well taken there as the ethanol ( 10% ) in the Long Island area was just killing my fuel system as it was steel braided hose without the correct lining. Going to hard line the system the system over the winter and be done with it.-John
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09-16-2012, 08:34 AM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
A lot of it has todo with burn rate
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09-16-2012, 08:56 AM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
Why cant one of the fuel manufactures blend a 93 octane pump gas blend with no ethanol for a budget type fuel. Buy it from a company without all the extra additives, or before all the blending that happens? Sell it for 5 to 7 dollars a gallon. Not all would use it, but I bet many would..
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09-16-2012, 09:18 AM
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09-16-2012, 09:04 PM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
If fuel has been tamperd with to gain some sort of an edge then hey you should fail,other then that is there any good reason anyone should ever fail fuel check???
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09-17-2012, 10:09 AM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
A few years back there was a lot of HOT FUEL being used in several eliminators. Stock being one. There came the specified fuels and fuel check.
VP this season has gotten C-9 approved. 97 octane UNLEADED fuel without any additives (no ethanol). About $9.00 per gallon. Passes fuel check.
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09-17-2012, 10:17 AM
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Re: Fuel Check What's the point???
I often wondered why they kept giving me cups to piss in after all my runs.
That's supposed to be for fuel? |
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