does racing fuel or high octane gas do harm?
07-07-2010, 01:34 PM
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I'd stick with regular 93 octane. Higher octane/race fuels often contain lead. While this is not a problem on my drag car with no cat converter, it will reduce the life of o2 sensors and your converter on a street car.
In short, on an N/A car, nothing past 93 octane will really net any noticable gain in performance.
In short, on an N/A car, nothing past 93 octane will really net any noticable gain in performance.
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I'd stick with regular 93 octane. Higher octane/race fuels often contain lead. While this is not a problem on my drag car with no cat converter, it will reduce the life of o2 sensors and your converter on a street car.
In short, on an N/A car, nothing past 93 octane will really net any noticable gain in performance.
In short, on an N/A car, nothing past 93 octane will really net any noticable gain in performance.
07-08-2010, 01:24 AM
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In Europe (Ireland) our standard octane is 95, and our super is 97, so 100 isn't much higher than the Germans are used to!
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