Race Fuel !

[clem]

Hey dudes what are the benefits of running race fuel in ya car ? the one that i use is SUNOCO GT PLUS 104 is there really a power increase or am i just wasting my money because its 65 bucks for a five gallon container!

[JekylandHyde]

$65 for 5 gallons is obscene.
I pay about $6/gallon (US) for 110 leaded Sunoco race fuel.

As for the performance benefit, there would be NONE if your car is running optimally.
Car's make the most power on the LOWEST octane fuel they can use WITHOUT getting detonation.

The more power you make, the more likely you are to detonate so race fuel becomes necessary.
Race fuel allows you to take more performance risks (higher boost, advanced timing, etc.)

If your car is running right, adding race fuel will most likely HURT performance.

[clem]

yeah dude the price is 65 bucks the reason being we have to import it here and theres all types of duty taxes we have to pay

[CompanyFlow]

You need to find a duty free gas station, like how they have the duty free store at the gas station.

[jarbo]

Hey Clem, if you're gonna use the Sunoco race fuel, i suggest you disconnect your "efi" fuse or your negative battery terminal so that the ecu can reset and gain full use of the fuel right away... when the o2 sensor "tastes" the race fuel, it will in turn send a signal to the ecu, which will then give a little more timing and you can run a bit more boost than usual.

Peace...out!!

[JekylandHyde]

Originally Posted by jarbo

when the o2 sensor "tastes" the race fuel, it will in turn send a signal to the ecu, which will then give a little more timing and you can run a bit more boost than usual.

Where did you hear such a thing?!

[GeRm0MR2]