Octane Level for Upgrade? Bill,Corey? Help?

Cajun · #1 Wed, January 21st, 2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JackandJanet

Cajun - The 97 octane and 105 MUST be E85! I can't imagine blending real gas to that octane rating unless it's avgas.

- Jack

I'll double check, but I know the 93 isn't E85, and I pretty sure the 97 isn't either. I was able to get it at a Sunoco a while back and the 105 (maybe it's 101) is at BP and it's sold as a performance gas. I'm pretty sure that one isn't ethanol either. I'll double check both places this week though and make sure my story is straight.

SinCityFX4 · #2 Wed, January 21st, 2009, 05:54 PM

I will have to drive over by the Las Vegas Speedway and get a pic, some of the stations over there. Some of the crap they have on pump I look at like

Then again, I do not drag race or anything either.

Our normal octanes here are 87,89,91. You see 93 in a few places, but not many.

SlvrBrute · #3 Wed, January 21st, 2009, 06:10 PM

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Our normal octanes here are 87,89,91. You see 93 in a few places, but not many.

That is the same octane levels here in Iowa that you can get along with E85.

SinCityFX4 · #4 Wed, January 21st, 2009, 06:52 PM

We have E85 as well, where is this higher octane Ethanol fuel at? Is it mainly in the midwest??

***Jackpine*** · #5 Thu, January 22nd, 2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cajun

I'll double check, but I know the 93 isn't E85, and I pretty sure the 97 isn't either. I was able to get it at a Sunoco a while back and the 105 (maybe it's 101) is at BP and it's sold as a performance gas. I'm pretty sure that one isn't ethanol either. I'll double check both places this week though and make sure my story is straight.

Cajun - I don't doubt your story at all. And, I wouldn't expect the 93 octane stuff to be E85 either. I DO know though, that blending in ethanol has the effect of raising the octane (improving anti-knock properties) while at the same time reducing the power available per gallon of gas, so your gas mileage suffers.

In case you can't tell, I'm not a fan of "gasohol".

And, while I feel we MUST do something to reduce our dependence on oil, I don't see corn ethanol as the answer.

Hopefully, we'll see some progress in this area in the next four years.

- Jack

Cajun · #6 Thu, January 22nd, 2009, 01:13 PM

It's all good Jack, I'm gonna go by a couple of stations on the way home. I want to make sure I'll telling the right ratings and don't have it twisted in my little pea brain.

Cajun · #7 Thu, January 22nd, 2009, 04:36 PM

Well, I was partially right. I stopped at a Sunoco and they have 85, 89 & 93. I'm sure that's where I got the 97 a while back though. The BP I went by had a pump for VP Super Fuel, 101 octane, "contains no ethanol".

Cajun · #8 Thu, January 22nd, 2009, 05:24 PM

Ok, I decided to do a little survey around the small town I live closest too. I wanted to see what all the major brands had as well as check the other BP, because I remembered seeing two extra single pumps there. Everyone has the same at the main pumps, 85, 89, 93. The BP across town had a K-1 pump and amazingly enough they had a pump for....

110 Octane VP Race Fuel

Monroe does have several local race shops based here and a bunch of tracks close, but I didn't expect to find a 110 pump in town. You KNOW that's ending up on the street.

***Power Hungry*** · #9 Thu, January 22nd, 2009, 05:50 PM

Cajun,

Where was that BP located? Need to make a note of it next time we go to Rockingham.

Cajun · #10 Thu, January 22nd, 2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Power Hungry

Cajun,

Where was that BP located? Need to make a note of it next time we go to Rockingham.

It's between Old Charlotte Hwy and Concord Ave. right at the "Y", about 1/2 mile from downtown Monroe.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.99...z=18&t=h&hl=en

Can you write a 110 tune for my F150?

Next time you go to Rockingham, let me know, maybe we can meet up someplace.