Gasoline Choices

[Lunatic]

Where I live in the summer, (out in the sticks in Central Oregon) unleaded 91 is my only choice. I also can easily get 100 octane leaded avgas.

For a Vortec supercharged engine would adding a octane boosted work or should I use a 91 unleaded and 100 avgas blend? And is so, what ratio?

[Wo6M]

DO NOT put leaded gas into theses cars
91 will do just fine .

Someone will chime in on the reasons

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by Wo6M

DO NOT put leaded gas into theses cars
91 will do just fine .

Someone will chime in on the reasons

Burn the Cat's out, I didn't think of that.

I'm not wanting an all out race car, just a fun daily driver I can take to the track. So with a good Dyno tune 91 is OK with the Vortec?

[D_Thissen]

Wouldn't the lead potentially foul up the plugs?

[BlueDubbinTDI]

You have easier access to 100oct than e85?

[BlaineWasHere]

Just run 91 like the 40 million people in California do.

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by BlaineWasHere

Just run 91 like the 40 million people in California do.

Will do, makes life easy for me. With all the talk about E-85 I just wasn't sure if 91 would be OK.

[prometheus]

I had no choice but to fill up at a 7-11 the other day, I chose 91 of course but after the fill up, I noticed the car seemed to be lacking, I have my speculation, I think the 7-11 charged me for 91 octane but ended up giving me 87 or 89. At any rate, it prompted me to try doing a blend with 100 octane, just to make sure I was getting at least 91, but I was shooting for a 93 octane blend. just so happens there is a VP gas station a block away from my house that has 100 octane VP street blaze it is unleaded. I talked to the guy working there to get his thoughts on the blend ratio. he told me if you run 91 and you go with a 50/50 mix of 91 and 100 octane, the result is 95 octane, so he told me to run a 70/30 mix to acheive 93octane. needless to say I noticed a tremendous difference in power right after adding the 100octane. I wouldn't make it a normal thing to do just because the price ($8.89/gallon for 100octane)

[993Fan]

Originally Posted by prometheus

I had no choice but to fill up at a 7-11 the other day, I chose 91 of course but after the fill up, I noticed the car seemed to be lacking

More likely a placebo effect in reverse!

[dssence]

Kay I honestly don't understand most people in the US are using 91 octane fuel unleaded. I own a toyota 86 FT in argentina, and the owners manual says.

Fuel type : unleaded
Octane number: 98 or higher

If 98 NOI it's not avaialbe in you region, you may use a 95 octane NOI without affecting durability of the car.

How come ? I don't get it what do your owners manual say. Cause the engine it's the same on my car and on SCION FRS

[prometheus]

Originally Posted by 993Fan

More likely a placebo effect in reverse!

yes, I think it was all in my head, Its the first time I have not fueled at either a Shell or a Chevron, and I have my reservations. I always hear from others there is no difference in gasolines, all gas comes from the same place etc etc. I still have my conspiracy theories though lol

[TM]

Originally Posted by dssence

Kay I honestly don't understand most people in the US are using 91 octane fuel unleaded. I own a toyota 86 FT in argentina, and the owners manual says.

Fuel type : unleaded
Octane number: 98 or higher

If 98 NOI it's not avaialbe in you region, you may use a 95 octane NOI without affecting durability of the car.

How come ? I don't get it what do your owners manual say. Cause the engine it's the same on my car and on SCION FRS

Our manual says to use 93 octane. If that is not available, 91 octane can be used as a substitute.

We most likely have a different octane rating system than yours. I know US 90-94 octane rating is equivalent to European 95-99 octane. It may the same in South America as well.


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[dssence]

So you're saying that the octane rating here it's lower than in the US ? like 91 from the US would be equivalent to 98 ?

[993Fan]

Originally Posted by prometheus

I always hear from others there is no difference in gasolines, all gas comes from the same place etc etc.

They're right!

There's a tank farm near QCOM stadium where various brands fill up with generic gasoline. The driver then plops a brick of aptly named "additives" in the tank and shoves off for his first delivery. How the brick is supposed to dissolve and mix in uniformly with a tank full of fuel in time for the first station down the road is anybody's guess.

I've never had any problems with Costco fuel. Somehow I trust them more than the fru-fru brands. They certainly have the freshest fuel since half the time I see a tanker unloading. I can't remember the last time I saw a tanker at a Chevron station as I drove by...