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Old 09-03-2007, 11:48 AM
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You guys are paying 6.70 a gallon for your home brew mix, you can buy VP103 unleaded , it pumps straight into your tank and is good for 125bhp/cylinder no issues , Oxy sensor safe etc...
It is oxygenated , so you will have to add more fuel , as you will be making more power @ the same boost pressure , but once adjusted your are good to go ....
Perhaps for you mr. wayne race fuel is available in every gas station since you live in a redneck infested state and most of the rednecks use race fuel in their hemi's but here in So Cal gas stations that offer race fuel are scarce.
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Originally Posted by lart951
Perhaps for you mr. wayne race fuel is available in every gas station since you live in a redneck infested state and most of the rednecks use race fuel in their hemi's but here in So Cal gas stations that offer race fuel are scarce.

Not to worry lart Re-fried beans work as good Xylene , I'm sure it is available from every beaner on every corner in Mexifornia
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Originally Posted by lart951
Perhaps for you mr. wayne race fuel is available in every gas station since you live in a redneck infested state and most of the rednecks use race fuel in their hemi's but here in So Cal gas stations that offer race fuel are scarce.

Hey !!!!!!!!! Leave us Rednecks out of it or maybe I am just a Hillbilly or a Redneck Hillbilly.

But........ you are right Lart, race fuel not available everwhere, I think all the late model dirt trackers around here run Moonshine as race fuel
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Originally Posted by A.Wayne
Not to worry lart Re-fried beans work as good Xylene , I'm sure it is available from every beaner on every corner in Mexifornia
Mr. wayne I feel the race-cist within you, lol.
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Originally Posted by David Floyd
Hey !!!!!!!!! Leave us Rednecks out of it or maybe I am just a Hillbilly or a Redneck Hillbilly.

But........ you are right Lart, race fuel not available everwhere, I think all the late model dirt trackers around here run Moonshine as race fuel
Tennesse, damn I always wonder if it's true that people there eats anything, squirrels, racoons, possums etc.
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Originally Posted by lart951
Mr. wayne I feel the race-cist within you, lol.
From experiece Lart , after black beans and rice , Hi-octane gas is not a problem
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Tennesse, damn I always wonder if it's true that people there eats anything, squirrels, racoons, possums etc.

Don't knock it till you try it, I prefer Grannys BBQ goat washed down with a little home brew shine.
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You guys are lucky to have access to any of that stuff, but on an episode of
'5th gear' I saw a guy run a Merc for some distance powered by the oil to out of an old chip fryer. Now that was scary!
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Originally Posted by A.Wayne
It seem's to me , we have a lot of Chemist's on board

You guys are paying 6.70 a gallon for your home brew mix, you can buy VP103 unleaded , it pumps straight into your tank and is good for 125bhp/cylinder no issues , Oxy sensor safe etc...
It is oxygenated , so you will have to add more fuel , as you will be making more power @ the same boost pressure , but once adjusted your are good to go ....
Thanks for the vp tip.
Turns out there is a distributor near San Diego _> El Cajon, CA.
It will probably be about the same price per tank but easier
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I know I can get a 55gal drum or 112 unleaded for about 469 which is pretty damn good
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Originally Posted by Rogue_Ant
Seriously the links I posted earlier are a really good read....
Yes ethanol is still corrosive, but nothing like methanol... ethanol is simply grain alcohol, and if it wasn't mixed with gasoline you could drink it...


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So I can add a bottle of Everclear and turn up the boost???
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So I can add a bottle of Everclear and turn up the boost???
Lol. Remember that E85 takes more fuel for the same amount of airflow..


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93 octane + 50/50 water/methanol = 116 octane

in case anyone cared
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