Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
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Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
I went out for a cruise today, and headed toward Laconia to see what was happening over there. When I got there I needed some gas, and I thought I remembered a gas station selling high octane fuel. So I pulled into the station which turned out to be a Sunoco, pulled up to the pump on the other side of the building, and there it was.....100 octane street legal fuel........for $6.69 per gallon!!!
So I filled up for around $20, and off I went. Man what a difference that stuff made, the bike was super responsive and I couldn't make it ping if I wanted to.
Tonight the wife and I went out for a good ride and got some supper, and on the way home the temps are around 55-60 degrees and crisp. The bike runs great in that weather and now with that 100 octane it's even better. Too bad the closest station that sells it is about 1 hour away, and too bad it costs almost $7.00 a gallon.
Here is a link for this fuel with a station locator -
http://www.sunocoinc.com/site/Consum...T100Locations/
Steve
So I filled up for around $20, and off I went. Man what a difference that stuff made, the bike was super responsive and I couldn't make it ping if I wanted to.
Tonight the wife and I went out for a good ride and got some supper, and on the way home the temps are around 55-60 degrees and crisp. The bike runs great in that weather and now with that 100 octane it's even better. Too bad the closest station that sells it is about 1 hour away, and too bad it costs almost $7.00 a gallon.
Here is a link for this fuel with a station locator -
http://www.sunocoinc.com/site/Consum...T100Locations/
Steve
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
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Cruiser
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
Well just looked and there is not even a station in Oklahoma. I have been buying a octane boost additive that treats 2.5 gallonscalled rocket fuel and I have been able to tell a big difference in using it also.
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
The Idaho Corvette Page acquired octane booster test data from an independent research laboratory. The first test was straight 92-octane unleaded gas from a Chevron station in southern California. It tested at 96.3 RON and 88.3 MON for an R+M/2 rating of 92.3, 0.3-oct. higher than the rating on the pump. To a second sample of Chevron 92 from the same station, the lab added “104 Octane Boost”. The octane of the gasoline modified with this booster was unchanged. The lab tested a third sample of Chevron 92 and NOS brand “Street Formula”, a MMT octane booster, mixed 1:170 (12-oz. bottle in 16 gal. of gas). The results were: 96.8 RON, 88.4 MON and 92.6 R+M/2, a measurable change but, clearly, as the MON went up only 0.1-oct, not a practical improvement. NOS’ most potent booster, “Racing Formula”, another MMT-based product, in Chevron 92, tested at 98.5 RON, 90.4 MON and 94.5 R+M/2, a credible but modest improvement.
The above quote is from this page and talks a lot about what octane can and can not do.
http://corvetteidaho.com/hib/fuel/index.htm
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
find a friendly airport that will sell you 100LL if you don't have cats in your pipes. 4 bucks a gallon, not street legal.
I avoid additives like a STD because if mixed wrong it will precipitate out in the burning process and deposit itself in the cylinders.
Have you ever read about the guys who add toluene to their gas to get high octane numbers?
I avoid additives like a STD because if mixed wrong it will precipitate out in the burning process and deposit itself in the cylinders.
Have you ever read about the guys who add toluene to their gas to get high octane numbers?
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
I've tried three different brands of octane booster and non of them make a difference. I screwed up and put in regular gas and my bike
pinged like crazy, so that is when I stopped any bought the booster, not one bit of help; that stuff is a rip off.
pinged like crazy, so that is when I stopped any bought the booster, not one bit of help; that stuff is a rip off.
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
ORIGINAL: Neggy ZRXOA 5248
find a friendly airport that will sell you 100LL if you don't have cats in your pipes. 4 bucks a gallon, not street legal.
find a friendly airport that will sell you 100LL if you don't have cats in your pipes. 4 bucks a gallon, not street legal.
Steve
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
My understanding is that unless your bike is tuned to run on higher octane, then you're not getting any additional benefits. I've been tempted to use the 100 octane before too, but have just stayed with the 93.
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RE: Sunoco 100 Octane!!!
ORIGINAL: Navitimer
My understanding is that unless your bike is tuned to run on higher octane, then you're not getting any additional benefits. I've been tempted to use the 100 octane before too, but have just stayed with the 93.
My understanding is that unless your bike is tuned to run on higher octane, then you're not getting any additional benefits. I've been tempted to use the 100 octane before too, but have just stayed with the 93.
With my build, the 100 octane worked great................just too bad I can't afford to run it all the time. So I'll have to take away some timing from the trouble spots........that's a lot cheaper.
Steve