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    Apr 24, 2006 1:20:03 PM

    Ron (Houston)M
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    BP's new fuel - 102 octane

    http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=13729

    Apr 24, 2006 1:45:16 PM

    edz
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    Re: BP's new fuel - 102 octane

    Ron:

    This is gr8, thank you. In CA there is a 76 gas station, offers 104 octane but I have not tried it yet. It's over $5.00 a gallon, perhaps $6.00 now with gas prices be so high I would only buy it if I race/track the car otherwise it's a waste of money at these prices for driving around town only.

    Apr 24, 2006 2:53:37 PM

    95jersey
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    Re: BP's new fuel - 102 octane

    That kind of fuel will not help a normal street car (this included exotics sports cars) with less than 11:1 compression. Matter of fact, it may hurt the performance of a street car especially at the track. Basically this fuel wiil burn slower which will minmize engine knocking and allow one to run more timing in a motor. Even most high end sports cars (at least in the US) are tuned to run at 91 minimum at would not see a benefit. Now if you tuned your car with 104 octane fuel, that is a different story, but then you would need to run that fuel all the time. Turbo cars or high compression cars could benefit, especially if you pushing above stock boost levels. I occasionally run 100 unleaded VP race fuel (C-10) at the track, but I have 2 programs that I can download into my PCM for track and steet performance. It's a real PITA and it only gives you another 20hp on a stock motor.
     
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