NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[V1B]

Solo is where?

[MyRx]

Caffeine blog. So I half-filled up with Sunol's 100 octane last night, what am I suppose to feel? Is <4K rpm keeping me from the potential of this $8 a gallon fuel? After 5 gallons and $40.xx, I had that moment of 'ok that's enuf' and unlocked the trigger lol

Driving with it was a PSYCHOlogical reward, now what . Need to find 150 miles to get 1K then...kneedrag Skyline here I come lmao (2 cups of coffee already)

[ZC6BRZ]

You're gonna feel your wallet lighter, and that's about it. Cars aren't tuned to run better if you use more than 91 octane.

[BlaineWasHere]

Originally Posted by MyRx

Caffeine blog. So I half-filled up with Sunol's 100 octane last night, what am I suppose to feel? Is <4K rpm keeping me from the potential of this $8 a gallon fuel? After 5 gallons and $40.xx, I had that moment of 'ok that's enuf' and unlocked the trigger lol

Driving with it was a PSYCHOlogical reward, now what . Need to find 150 miles to get 1K then...kneedrag Skyline here I come lmao (2 cups of coffee already)

It won't do anything if the car isn't tuned for 100 octane.

[JackSmiley]

E85 is ethanol, right? From what I've been reading here in the forums, high concentrations is one of the factors that causes the fuel pump to chirp. Im really interested in getting E85, but fear for my engine. Does it burn at a higher temp like high octane fuels?

[BlaineWasHere]

Originally Posted by JackSmiley

E85 is ethanol, right? From what I've been reading here in the forums, high concentrations is one of the factors that causes the fuel pump to chirp. Im really interested in getting E85, but fear for my engine. Does it burn at a higher temp like high octane fuels?

E85 is 104 Octane. It's 85% ethanol. There is tons of information on this in the internet.

[BlaineWasHere]

There's not enough E-85 stations around here for me to do it.

[BlaineWasHere]

Originally Posted by vubaru

By now I know the closest and best spots...there's one by you at the Chevron at Montague and like Trimble around the Milpitas/SJ border, but yeah it makes it a pain in the ass to have to find a station.

Saturday I was limping along 680S at 65 mph so I could make it to Sunol without running out of corn juice, lol. Closest station to me is at Willow Pass Ct. in Concord off of 4.

Highest quality E-85 so far appears to be the Chevron off Montague or the Willow Pass one. Sunol E-85 seems to cause more cold-start issues...YMMV.

Exactly. I need to be able to go from point X to point Y at any given time.

[JackSmiley]

Originally Posted by vubaru

TBH, everyone running an E-85 tune on the FA20 is part of a mass experiment. Most folks don't have any problems running E-85 beyond cold start and a few people have experienced knocking. My idle below 45 deg. F at start-up is not great at all, but once the engine warms up it's golden. So far, there haven't been major issues reported, and many folks like myself have run E-85 in pure or blend form on other Subies without issue. That said, we don't know ultimately what will happen to the longevity of the engine.

For me, I've only had the cold start issue. I think the engine may have failed to turn over and start once during the really cold spell a few weeks ago. Since then, not much trouble at all.

Taking all of the above into account, including the as-yet unknown risk of failure, I would buy the E-85 tune any day of the week. My only regret is that I didn't try it sooner, I had it like 3 months while I waited on the sidelines before filling up with corn juice

So even with the E85 tune some people have knocking? Eh! I wanna try it, but is it worth the risk?

[TheFRSChick]

TOO DANG COLD OUTSIDE !!!!! BRRRRRRRRR !!!

[frsguy707]

Originally Posted by TheFRSChick

TOO DANG COLD OUTSIDE !!!!! BRRRRRRRRR !!!

Hey I was thinking why not just get your roof wrapped instead.

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[TheFRSChick]

Hey you alameda people ! @Kamakanani0 and @BigFatFlip ! if u guys are free at 12, lets grab some tapex together ! lol ! i got an hour lunch til i go back to class at 1.

[TheFRSChick]

Originally Posted by frsguy707

Hey I was thinking why not just get your roof wrapped instead.

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OH YEAH ! i meant to call u bout that yesterday but i got distracted and forgot. do u text? if u do shoot me one. im at work and bout to leave to class soon. if not, u can just write to me here then. lol just takes me longer to check lol. but yeah.
How much do u charge to vinyl? and which is the best kind to buy?? i never bought vinyl.

[Kamakanani0]

Originally Posted by TheFRSChick

Hey you alameda people ! @Kamakanani0 and @BigFatFlip ! if u guys are free at 12, lets grab some tapex together ! lol ! i got an hour lunch til i go back to class at 1.

Maybe lol I gotta be back at 1 too but my mom waiting for her oil change so I gotta take her back to get her car but ill let you know !