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It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!
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Technomancer
on January 08, 2007 at 5:56 PM
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Octane is a rating, not a substance. (n/m)
posted by turtleboy
on January 08, 2007 at 05:32 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane
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- John
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For a stock 94TT, if I were to add a little 110 octane
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Zirvana
16:14:11 01/08/07
Assuming it's unleaded, no and no. You'd actually be slower
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Scotts94z32
16:19:57 01/08/07
2nd. (n/m)
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turtleboy
16:46:24 01/08/07
I don't believe there is such thing as unleaded fuel that is
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zxtuner161
16:58:58 01/08/07
Unleaded is available to 109 octane, 110 or more is leaded (n/m)
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octavian-z
17:05:57 01/08/07
That I did not know...
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zxtuner161
17:08:37 01/08/07
Octane number is not a percentage rating. It is just
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AzHeat
17:16:04 01/08/07
Mike, you are correct, octane is a rating not a percentage (n/m)
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octavian-z
17:33:18 01/08/07
sure about that? In unleaded gas it is.
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zxtuner161
17:35:18 01/08/07
IF, you don't believe me call VP racing fuels, I used to
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octavian-z
17:45:59 01/08/07
I'm not arguing with you I just want to understand why that
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zxtuner161
17:55:57 01/08/07
Actually, that howstuffworks.com information is not exactly
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Dustin
18:29:35 01/08/07
they use soemthing other than tel to increase the octane
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zxtuner161
18:07:14 01/08/07
Thanks...I will have to ask the Service Station if the 110
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Zirvana
17:07:29 01/08/07
Hmm, you could be right. I thought I had seen 100 unleaded
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Scotts94z32
17:30:40 01/08/07
Octane is a rating, not a substance. (n/m)
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turtleboy
17:32:25 01/08/07
It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping! -
Technomancer
17:56:35 01/08/07
Lol.. good to know.. (n/m)
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turtleboy
20:28:06 01/08/07
VP Racing
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Spongerider :)
17:59:00 01/08/07
Thats all I run anymore... no problems so far. (n/m)
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Piranha(Omaha)
16:39:54 01/08/07
Answers
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lazer(AK)
16:46:15 01/08/07
Race fuel doesnt add any power...
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zxtuner161
16:57:02 01/08/07
I remember a Standard Oil ad on TV many years ago, it showed
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Zirvana
17:04:05 01/08/07
could be other factors...
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zxtuner161
17:07:18 01/08/07
It was not significant....about 5 seconds to get a car
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Zirvana
17:10:24 01/08/07
you don't think they staged that to sell more gasoline? :) (n/m)
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vorpalZ
17:10:01 01/08/07
Gee, what are the odds? (n/m)
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Technomancer
19:35:31 01/08/07
depending on how many years ago i guess...
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turbomaniac
18:31:39 01/08/07
More boost :) (n/m)
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Piranha(Omaha)
17:11:43 01/08/07
Higher octane burns slower; therefore, it should have
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octavian-z
17:12:10 01/08/07
How about this theory? Low octane gas in a high performance
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Zirvana
17:17:14 01/08/07
Lower octane gas has more BTU's than higher octane gas.
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AzHeat
17:20:08 01/08/07
2nd this
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Pacmanpth
22:42:32 01/08/07
maybe im totally off on this.....but this is my understandin
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zxtuner161
17:41:38 01/08/07
any 24psi vids? (n/m)
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turbomaniac
18:32:14 01/08/07
.
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zxtuner161
18:35:39 01/08/07
ahh, that sucks (n/m)
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turbomaniac
18:54:58 01/08/07
It will burn up your o2 sensors faster...
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Andrew(nj)
17:49:29 01/08/07
One final note
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lazer(AK)
04:28:14 01/09/07
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