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RHZ 03-05-2010 09:40 AM

91 octane no ethanol or 93 octane 10% ethanol?
 
I've been using BP 93 octane with up to 10% ethanol.

Just this morning I noticed a gas station I've been avoiding because it is only 91 octane also says no ethanol added. I never noticed this before.

I'm just curious which would be best to run in my car? Is the extra octane worth the ethanol? Discuss.

395 plus 03-09-2010 07:25 AM

Read this: http://www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/facts/engine/

HunterKiller89 03-09-2010 08:11 AM


Originally Posted by RHZ (Post 4740719)
I've been using BP 93 octane with up to 10% ethanol.

Just this morning I noticed a gas station I've been avoiding because it is only 91 octane also says no ethanol added. I never noticed this before.

I'm just curious which would be best to run in my car? Is the extra octane worth the ethanol? Discuss.

...yes
why not? especially in the colder seasons...

06G85 03-09-2010 08:23 AM

I put 98 octane in my stock tuned S/C :)

DOn't know if it helped, but I felt quite faster. And only cost me $8.95/gal at the time

RHZ 03-09-2010 09:29 AM

That article cleared things up for me.

Thanks.

HunterKiller89 03-09-2010 10:33 AM


Originally Posted by 06G85 (Post 4749659)
I put 98 octane in my stock tuned S/C :)

DOn't know if it helped, but I felt quite faster. And only cost me $8.95/gal at the time

placebo...if anything you lost power.

Just trying to save your wallet

007CobaltLS 03-15-2010 03:00 PM


Originally Posted by HunterKiller89 (Post 4749901)
placebo...if anything you lost power.

Just trying to save your wallet

Not sure, but it seems sarcastic to me...so hopefully he didn't spend $9/gal.

Turbo06Sedan 03-16-2010 03:04 PM

i know someone who put 110 racing gas in a mostly stock Supercharged Grand Prix. Gained nearly a second, than when he ran 91.

With that said, i am pretty sure that the computers in our cars wont allow the motor to net any more power.

Greased 03-16-2010 03:11 PM


Originally Posted by Turbo06Sedan (Post 4768906)
i know someone who put 110 racing gas in a mostly stock Supercharged Grand Prix. Gained nearly a second, than when he ran 91.

With that said, i am pretty sure that the computers in our cars wont allow the motor to net any more power.

he either was knocking like a mother fucker stock
or he tuned for it

i dont know how many threads there has to be about this, 110 gas doesn't make horsepower by itself, actually if not tuned you will lose power.

insylem 05-19-2010 07:24 PM

Correct me if Im wrong,
but isnt the fuel's octane rateing mostly just
how much the fuel resists detonation/knocking?

IE: Higher octane, higher compresson before it blows up.

HunterKiller89 05-19-2010 07:34 PM

yes.

knock resistance/burn rate

rmay635703 08-02-2010 10:36 PM

OBDII retunes and advances automatically, otherwise when you put race gas in you would run like molasses and put out too many emissions.

BLAZIN07SS 08-02-2010 10:40 PM


Originally Posted by rmay635703 (Post 5139580)
OBDII retunes and advances automatically, otherwise when you put race gas in you would run like molasses and put out too many emissions.

:lol: our computers only have a high octane map and a low octane map. it will not advance timing more if it detects more octane.

HunterKiller89 08-02-2010 10:49 PM


Originally Posted by rmay635703 (Post 5139580)
OBDII retunes and advances automatically

absolutely incorrect....


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