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DiamondWHT5OH
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I TOOK MY CAR OUT FOR A DRIVE AND HOPFULLY TO RACE SOMEONE I MIXED SOME RACE GAS 110 WITH MY 92 OCTAN GAS THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE TAKE AND EVER SINCE I DID THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVE IDLE SERGES LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER AND ITS PISSIN ME OFF I CLEANED ME IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR THAT DIDNT HELP I CHANGED MT EGR VALVE THAT DIDNT HELP WHAT THE HELL DO I DO?????????????
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what's done to your car that you need race gas?
bump the timing a bit higher to get a bit more out of the fuel and probably smooth out the idle

[ August 11, 2003, 08:14 PM: Message edited by: Elapid ]

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I HAVE TRICK FLOW INTAKE OE INCH HEAT SPACER 30LB INJECTORS 70MM THROTEL BODY TFS CAM 1.6 ROCKERS AND LIKE EVERY OTHER BOLT ON U CAN IMAGIANE
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AND YEAH I DID BUMP THE TIMEING UP I PUT IT AT LIKE 15 DEGREES
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do you have;
1. Turbo/supercharger/Nitrous oxide?
2. 11.5:1 or higher compression?
if not, 115 octane is way overkill for your application in my opinion.

put in a bunch of 87 octane or whatever your owner's manual calls for and see how that works. if it doesn't have detonation problems, you will typically lose power going to a higher octane fuel.

try it at the track and see what times you run on each grade of fuel if you want to see how your particular setup responds to higher octane fuel.

good luck, and please stop shouting (using all caps is considered shouting).

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no heads, even with heads u still wouldnt need race gas, unless big N2O, big boost, or LOTS of compression u shouldnt need race gas

was the race gas leaded, if it was that is ur problem right there

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NO THE RACE GAS WAS NOT LEADED AND FOR THE OTHER GUY THAT CANT READ IT WAS 110 NOT 115... ALL MY OTHER FRIENDS THAT HAVE FAST CARS AND BIG SHOTS AND THEY TOLD ME RACE GAS WOULDENT HURT THE CAR AT ALL.. I ONLY USED LIKE 3 GALLONS OF 110 AND I HAD LIKE HALF A TANK OF 92 I REALLY DONT NO
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quote:

I REALLY DONT NO

first thing you've said that makes any sense!

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sell it [patriot]

[ August 12, 2003, 12:11 AM: Message edited by: Team SOLO ]

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was it red or blue fuel?
the red has lead and will coat your O2 sensors, causing rollercoaster idling...

good call 66AC!

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drain the tank

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I bet it was leaded, I thought the highest unleaded they made was 104?

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for a 75-125 shot of nosssss would race gas be recomended. Also would 91 octane be alright with that and race gas just better? Where in the Fremont area is a good place to find racing gas,...if I would even need it?

stealing this thread...thanks [Big Grin]

oh yeah...red1 we are all friends here, no need to yell [patriot]

[ August 12, 2003, 09:38 AM: Message edited by: Jdub07 ]

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quote:
Originally posted by Elapid:
was it red or blue fuel?
the red has lead and will coat your O2 sensors, causing rollercoaster idling...

good call 66AC!

hevent learned it the hard way, but almost, had some xtra race gas from my dirtbike race, almost put it in then thought for a second, um NO

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66 AC COBRA
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quote:
Originally posted by Jdub07:
for a 75-125 shot of nosssss would race gas be recomended. Also would 91 octane be alright with that and race gas just better? Where in the Fremont area is a good place to find racing gas,...if I would even need it?

stealing this thread...thanks [Big Grin]

oh yeah...red1 we are all friends here, no need to yell [patriot]

no need to run race gas with 75-125 shot, would it hurt, only if it was leaded [Big Grin] , but no needed

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jdub07 the only place i know to get race gas it at erc in san lorenzo......
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quote:
Originally posted by Elapid:
was it red or blue fuel?
the red has lead and will coat your O2 sensors, causing rollercoaster idling...


[patriot]

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it was red and when i got it they said it was unleaded 110 gas. but now i guess they lied to mee oh well nuttin to cry over just wanted to no why it started idleing funny tghanks everyone
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hmm do you have cats on it... i heard if you run leaded race gas that it will sometimes clog the cats.... i dunno if its true though... just a thought [Confused] im sure someone on this site can clear this up

[ August 14, 2003, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: 90FoX ]

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naw i dont have cats that was the first thing to go [Embarrassed] )
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Don't judge fuel by its color. Tosco leaded gas is red, but Trick, Sunoco, and a few others are blue.

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