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 Post subject: OCTANE
PostPosted: Sep Thu 29, 2005 4:24 pm 
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V8 Pony car
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OK I USED TO BUY PHILLIPS BLUE 110 OCTANE RACE GAS FOR THE CHEVELLE.
I WENT BACK TO MY PLACE FOR RACE GAS (ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I BOUGHT THE STUFF) AND ALL THE RATINGS AND COLORS FOR THE GAS IS DIFFERENT.
NOW I SEE MOTOR OCTANE, RESEARCH OCTANE AND THE R+M/2 OCTANE RATING.
I KNOW I AM KINDA SLOW BUT WHAT THE HECK DO I USE TO DETERMINE THE BEST STUFF FOR THE CAR.
12.5 COMPRESSION BBC.

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PostPosted: Sep Thu 29, 2005 6:00 pm 
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If it were me I wouldn't run any lower than 110 octane....

Hope this helped????

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 Post subject: KEVIN
PostPosted: Sep Fri 30, 2005 5:52 am 
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WHICH RATING WOULD YOU USE?
THE STUFF I RAN IN THE CHEVELLE BEFORE WAS 110 OCTANE PHILLIPS RACE GAS, BLUE WAS THE COLOR.
NOW ITS ALL NEW GAS WITH DIFFERENT RATINGS AND COLOR.
TRYING TO FINISH THE CHEVELLE AND GET IT TO THE TRACK MAY NOT HAPPEN. WE HAD TO GET NEW FRONT SPRINGS, AND GOT A NEW MSD DIST THIS WEEK SO IT BACK UNDER THE CAR TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS AND DROP IN THE DIST.
I WAS GOING TO RUN THE FRONT SPRINGS I HAD IN THE CHEVELLE WHEN IT HAD THE SMALL BLOCK IN IT AND IT AINT GONNA WORK. THE CAR BOTTOMED ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE RUBBER SNUBBERS IN FRONT.
ONWARD AND UPWEARD ITS ALL JUST TIME AND MONEY.


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PostPosted: Sep Fri 30, 2005 2:46 pm 
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I ONLY RUN VP, IF YOU GO TO THERE WEBSITE THEY GIVE A GOOD BREAKDOWN OF WHICH FUEL TO RUN WITH WHAT COMPRESSION YOU HAVE, WITH OR WITHOUT NITROUS, TURBO, SUPERCHARGED

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 Post subject: THANKS JEFF
PostPosted: Oct Sat 01, 2005 2:01 pm 
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PHILLIPS DOES THE SAME THING BUT IT IS CONFUSING AS HELL WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT OCTANE RATING R/M+2 STUFF THAT YOU SEE ON THE PUMP.
PHILLIPS RACE GAS IS EASY TO GET HERE IN COLORADO THE MAIN SUPPLIER IS IN DENVER AND THERE IS A PHILLIPS STATION THAT SUPPILES RACE GAS IN GLENWOOD SPRINGS WHICH IS JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD
IT'S BEEN 4 +YRS SINCE I HAD TO BUY RACE GAS AND THE RATING AND COLORS OF WHAT GAS IS WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THAT TIME.
I SENT A GUY TO DENVER WHO WENT TO BANDIMERE TO RACE AND HE GOT US SOME RACE GAS, ITS PURPLE STUFF FROM SUNOCO AND I HAD TO FIND THE SUNOCO WEBSITE TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF RACE GAS IT WAS.


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