going to the drag strip....racing gas..ok to use??
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going to the drag strip....racing gas..ok to use??
A few of us will be hitting the drag strip tonight. Is it ok to run racing gas from the track, any known issues running it?? Or is it not worth the 3 dollars or so a gallon?
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For your car there is no benefit at all. The high octane of racing gas is for reducing the likelyhood of detonation in very high performance engines and specifically engines that are TUNED to use racing gas.
Race Gas may actually hurt your car.
Race Gas may actually hurt your car.
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Re: going to the drag strip....racing gas..ok to use??
Originally posted by infinitiblast
A few of us will be hitting the drag strip tonight. Is it ok to run racing gas from the track, any known issues running it?? Or is it not worth the 3 dollars or so a gallon?
A few of us will be hitting the drag strip tonight. Is it ok to run racing gas from the track, any known issues running it?? Or is it not worth the 3 dollars or so a gallon?
YOU WILL RUN SLOWER WITH RACE GAS
High octane fuels also have high levels of lead (increases octane) which will burn out O2 sensors and clog cats. If you see a guy filling up with race fuel at the in his non-boosted with a internally stock motor, laugh because he knows nothing about performance.
Dave
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If you have money to burn you could spend $5 on some off-the-shelf octane booster. It may help your car run better (not necessarily faster) if it has a sensitive knock sensor or if there is poor gas in your area. I notice that my max runs better on the occasions that I have used octane boosters.
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Re: Re: going to the drag strip....racing gas..ok to use??
Originally posted by Dave B
YOU WILL RUN SLOWER WITH RACE GAS
If you see a guy filling up with race fuel at the in his non-boosted with a internally stock motor, laugh because he knows nothing about performance.
YOU WILL RUN SLOWER WITH RACE GAS
If you see a guy filling up with race fuel at the in his non-boosted with a internally stock motor, laugh because he knows nothing about performance.
Made this mistake last time at the track. Needed gas and didn't think much of it at the time. My times weren't even near average. Since then I've read a couple things about it including this thread. Wish I had read more about it before. Life is learning right?
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