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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 01:56 AM
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im tunned for sunoco 94 octane and at the station it says its got 13% ethanol, now is ethanol good? or should i pump dowwn to 91 octane and get a tune on 91 shell??
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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Shell is 93 octane. Trust me i work at one. lol
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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Shell is 93 octane. Trust me i work at one. lol
You must not have enough experience to know that there are different octanes at different parts of the country...

some only use 91, some only 93... Up north is normally 91..

The ethanol is fine...

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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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I do live north i live in PA
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 11:26 AM
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i live in PA as well, and we have many gas stations with 93. i run sunoco ultra 93 in my car.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 11:29 AM
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I do live north i live in PA
Oh really... so your close to canada? Where the other guy lives?
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 11:49 AM
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In my experience, shell stations in Canada use the 91 octane.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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In my experience, shell stations in Canada use the 91 octane.
Yes... Michigan as well..
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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Yes... Michigan as well..
MI Shells are 93 (at least in GR, Lansing & Detroit)
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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in canada ontario shell has 91 with no ethonal pretty much and sunoco has 94 with 13% ethonal, which would get me more power with a tune and my mods

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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by killah_thug08
in canada ontario shell has 91 with no ethonal pretty much and sunoco has 94 with 13% ethonal, which would get me more power with a tune and my mods

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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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Shell in ontario is 91...it used to be 93 I'm not sure when it changed.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by killah_thug08
im tunned for sunoco 94 octane and at the station it says its got 13% ethanol, now is ethanol good? or should i pump dowwn to 91 octane and get a tune on 91 shell??
A majority of gas stations add about 10% ethanol to their gas these days. I wouldn't worry about. That little amount of ethanol won't change anything.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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alright thanks for the info guys,

one more thing, with my setup what timing shud i go for, right now im around 19
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by killah_thug08
alright thanks for the info guys,

one more thing, with my setup what timing shud i go for, right now im around 19
^^^^ isnt this the guy who ripped some people off on rlf???
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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most gas stations were using ethanol for a while now, my dad delivers gas to gas stations and he told me a bunch were getting away from the ethanol because the prices dropped enough. they only added ethanol because gas was getting too expensive.

shell and sunoco by me both have 93 oct. wawa and turkey hill normally have 91 i believe.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Zooomer
MI Shells are 93 (at least in GR, Lansing & Detroit)
The one in belleville was 91.

Originally Posted by likwidvison
^^^^ isnt this the guy who ripped some people off on rlf???
Yes, it is.

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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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In NJ all octane levels have 10% ethanol in them,Shell has 93, Wawa has 92, and Sunoco has 93 but octane is octane. 13% is weird though, maybe a Canadian thing....GM doesnt recommending using fuel with more than 10% ethanol, but this is because its corrosive not due to octane ratings
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Maven
In NJ all octane levels have 10% ethanol in them,Shell has 93, Wawa has 92, and Sunoco has 93 but octane is octane. 13% is weird though, maybe a Canadian thing....GM doesnt recommending using fuel with more than 10% ethanol, but this is because its corrosive not due to octane ratings
1996 and newer cars are built to handle the corrosive affects of ethanol IIRC.

i run E85 and it hasnt had any affect on my fuel system.

actually GM runs the non-return style evaporative style fuel system, so it might do more damage, i dunno. maven will know the answer to this.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Mnatvyc1223
1996 and newer cars are built to handle the corrosive affects of ethanol IIRC.

i run E85 and it hasnt had any affect on my fuel system.

actually GM runs the non-return style evaporative style fuel system, so it might do more damage, i dunno. maven will know the answer to this.
Yup, built to handle E10, only FlexFuel cars have the more robust seals, upgraded injectors and fuel rails to handle anything more than E10 regularly.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by likwidvison
^^^^ isnt this the guy who ripped some people off on rlf???
It is he is el creep o maximo person and he has ripped off many people.

Originally Posted by Maven
In NJ all octane levels have 10% ethanol in them,Shell has 93, Wawa has 92, and Sunoco has 93 but octane is octane. 13% is weird though, maybe a Canadian thing....GM doesnt recommending using fuel with more than 10% ethanol, but this is because its corrosive not due to octane ratings
it is 10% not 13 he got it wrong bu F**K him and kill the thread he does not deserve your time and advice His name says it all. Also tries to sneak around as Persid or something.

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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by qwikredline
It is he is el creep o maximo person and he has ripped off many people.



it is 10% not 13 he got it wrong bu F**K him and kill the thread he does not deserve your time and advice His name says it all. Also tries to sneak around as Persid or something.
I see.
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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 04:45 AM
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mmm love not finding above 91 in arizona other than race gas lol
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