87 vs 93 octane 1/4 mile times identical - 14.5 @ 94mph stock beater

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Sep 28, 2007 | 08:39 PM

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Nealoc187

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Originally Posted by 305BlackMax97

No physical timeslips no care!!

lol

Sep 28, 2007 | 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BigLou93SE

Wow, I'm glad I came back and decided to check out some forums over here to kill some time.

Just recently, I've been using 89 octane after having put at least 91 in my Maxima since I've owned her, before I was modded and after. Idk, maybe it's just me, but after I looked into going the ka-t route in my 240, and realizing how great the tune I'll have to make will be, I realized that if I'm safe running 93 octane on a ka-t that's tuned/tc'd custom, I really don't need 93 octane on an n/a car with an exhaust. Plus, I don't drive my Maxima all too hard anymore. Knowing I have the lower octane in makes me think twice about doing small pulls for no reason.

Good data Neal, but just to make sure I read this right, you didn't mix in the 110 octane gas before you raced, right? That was a just in case situation, right? And the numbers you posted were on 87?

Good job holding down the 4G stock record for so long, I can't believe how long ago that first was. Damn, I was still in high school when I read that first thread...and I still brag about your stock time.lol

Yes, I added in the 110 after I had already made some passes.

Oct 2, 2007 | 06:03 AM

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is there something about the 95 year model that mades them faster then the other 4th gen models? my friends 95 could easily outrun my 97.

Oct 2, 2007 | 10:52 AM

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The 95 it has a lighter bumper support (is that all 95's or just gxe's?). What is his trim level and yours? Options in both? Driver error/experience.

Oct 3, 2007 | 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BigLou93SE

The 95 it has a lighter bumper support (is that all 95's or just gxe's?).

All. . . . . . .

Oct 3, 2007 | 07:38 AM

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they both were se. but the 95's are lighter. ok. thanks!

Oct 3, 2007 | 08:05 AM

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All. . . . . . .

been out of the maxima loop for awhile now...figured I wouldn't spread bad info and have someone confirm what I was saying.

Oct 18, 2007 | 11:17 AM

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For the record, I ran my best 97 Maxima times with 89 Texaco.

Oct 27, 2007 | 05:06 PM

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Agent R31

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From: australia!!

LOL 87 ron and 93 ron hahahahah

in australia we get 91, 95, 98 and at selected servos 100
we also get blend 95 (10% ethanol) and the 100 is 5% ethanol

i usually run

hrmmm what is the price of fuel in the us currently its 119.9c/litre for regular (91) 125.9c/litre for 95 and 98 ron is 129.9c/litre and 100 is 135.9c/litre

Oct 27, 2007 | 07:29 PM

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LOL 87 ron and 93 ron hahahahah

What is so funny about that?

Oct 27, 2007 | 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by VeeTec

For the record, I ran my best 97 Maxima times with 89 Texaco.

haha, way back in jr. high I did this whicked cool expirement for the science fair. It was 'which brand of gas works best in a motocross competition machine" And basically I just did a crapload of holeshots while my dad timed me, than flushed gas/changed plugs after a few, the results were actually pretty suprising and consistent, the worst performer, which happened to be shady cheapo gas station stuff was horrible, I kept bogging off the line and the bike just didn't ring out like it should. My results: Texaco won, close tie with sunoco but it still won. The other thing I noticed that the texaco and sunoco gas, which outperformed the other two by a long shot, were yellow instead of pink.