Does it really matter the gas brand you use?

Black97TSIAWD · Jan 26, 2004

CuriousGeorg51 said:
Can I get that in Cincinnati? Or do I have to find a place selling race gas.

There is a distributor by Hopkins airport at the BP where you can order 55 gallon drums, so you may be able to from your local airport. Besides that we get drums from Chardon oil who sells Sunoco and another brand race fuels, not sure on any distributors in your area but I'm sure checking some website of sunoco race fuels will give an answer.

luv4turbos · Jan 27, 2004

Black97TSIAWD said:
Here in Ohio we can get 104 for $5.00 a gallon and 116 for $10.00 a gallon.

I think we are one of the lowest states price wise.
87=1.49
90=1.59
93=1.69
And my tight ass still wines when I pay $1.69/gal.

Black97TSIAWD · Jan 27, 2004

luv4turbos said:
I think we are one of the lowest states price wise.
87=1.49
90=1.59
93=1.69
And my tight ass still wines when I pay $1.69/gal.

It is about the same price here in Ohio. It changes and gets more expensive in the south and gets a little less expensive around Georgia/Florida. Weird how that works out.

Bigfoot · Jan 27, 2004

I agree, throw out the "special" additives and it's all the same gas. But here in Oregon our gas monitoring beurocracy is a joke. If a station decides to fill thier pemium tanks with cheaper lower octane gas they can and do get away with it. So try to stick with a station whose gas you have logged with a couple of times. I blew a head gasket once because of this.

CuriousGeorg51 · Jan 27, 2004

Remember the gas stations in Indiana and a few other states that jacked thier prices up above $2.00 and even to $4.00 a gallon on Sept. 11th? That shit was crazy, and I don't think some stations got away with it.

grounded94s10 · Jan 27, 2004

Black97TSIAWD said:
Here in Ohio we can get 104 for $5.00 a gallon and 116 for $10.00 a gallon.

where do u get this at???

Black97TSIAWD · Jan 27, 2004

grounded94s10 said:
where do u get this at???

Take 271 north all the way to 90 and the first exit there is Chardon, I can't tell you exactly how to get to chardon oil because I know the way not the names of the streets. Either there or I am also sure I got that same price at the airport, Hopkins. You pull through that place to the BP hanger and ask one of the guys, but I have not gottan gas from there in over 3 years.

T3/T4GSt · Feb 6, 2004

If anyone is curious read what this chemist has to say about gasoline and what he uses on his Vette. All gasoline no matter what station is the same the only difference is the additives package each one uses, the lower priced gas uses a generic additive package. This guy uses one gas brand for 5K miles than switches to another then does this again at the next 5K interval using Shell, Exxon, and Chevron and then starts the cycle over. the reason he says why he does this makes sense, I have thought about doing this and see what effects it has. From his theory this would be a great way to have less deposits which in turn will lower the chance of knock.

Link to Article

Black97TSIAWD · Feb 6, 2004

Interesting point of view. But I think we should all remember that he is one man, although a Organic Chemist, that has his own opinions and bias. What works for one person may not work for another. That is why we chose the gas we use, from personal experience (our own sort of testing) and it may not be the same for everyone everywhere. Now his information may be helpful to everyone, but again it is information that a person has put on the internet and some things may not be truthful or otherwise biased, you can't always believe what you read, but it is a pretty cool article/experiment.

beat90Tsi · Feb 6, 2004

Isn't water injection supposed to help get rid of deposits as well?
I figured that might be a more useful solution for some of us.

Black97TSIAWD · Feb 6, 2004

beat90Tsi said:
Isn't water injection supposed to help get rid of deposits as well?
I figured that might be a more useful solution for some of us.

Or alcohol injection, both tend to steam clean the engine. I know because I use alcohol, but it has also been claimed by the water injection guys.

T3/T4GSt · Feb 7, 2004

Water will dfinetely do it. I remember in the old days some people would dump a large amount of water through the intake and this would clean off almost all of the carbon from the pistons, valves, etc. Obviously not the best thing to do (Hydrolock) but it worked then.

As far as the article yes this is one person's opinion and everyone has the right to their own (Obviously) but I doubt we would ever really "know" the truth since no one gas company is going to tell you to swtich from their brand for X amount of miles. If you read what he says though it makes sense. No matter what we do every time there is combustion some kind of deposit is left over and this deposit will build over time. Better gas just delays the amount of time it takes for the buildup to occur. Since the only difference in fuel brands is the additive package then each brand will cause one type of buildup and using their product over and over will not remove the buildup since it is the same by-product of the combustion process. Using another brand in theory would then remove the old buildup since it is a new additive package and then start building up its own. This is of course theories since no one can say for a fact that x comapany additive package has the right chemical composition to fight y company additive package and for the person that just cares about speed 100% and not reliability this is probably a useless practice. I decided to try it out and see if I can notice any difference as far as amount of knocking using the logger and see if there are any other differences I can see with the logger, not anything scientific but worth a shot. Since my car is my daily driver 1st I look at reliability and longetivity of my engine.

Does it really matter the gas brand you use?

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