93 octane or 87 Octane NO Ethanol

[TomSeller]

I figure if I have to treat the ethenol then why buy it in the first place, the small premium for non ethenol fuel is worth it for my OPE. Draining/Running equipment out of fuel everytime just isn't always practical for me and even then it's not a guarantee I won't have issues.

Exactly. I buy 93 corn free fuel for my 2strokes and 87 corn free fuel for my other various gas engines that run from once a week to once a year. The daily drivers get corn free if convenient, but not all the time. My 87 corn free is only about 20 cents more a gallon than the 10% corn alcohol stuff. The 93 corn free is very expensive but I am only buying a couple of gallons, so no big deal.

 

[N80]

Yes there is a lot more to it today but if you really pay attention you can still feel a lot of difference.

We will have to agree to disagree.

 

[MossRoad]

We will have to agree to disagree.

I flipped the lid on my Suburban's air cleaner.... :laughing:

 

[N80]

Yep. Worth a good 20 horsepower on my Mom's Ford Fairmont Wagon and my 76 Jeep Cherokee. Instant hot rod. That's a mod everyone can feel!

 

[MossRoad]

Yep. Worth a good 20 horsepower on my Mom's Ford Fairmont Wagon and my 76 Jeep Cherokee. Instant hot rod. That's a mod everyone can feel!

The only mod I can actually feel is when my 42 gallon tank is down to E.... man, that '93 Suburban gets up and goes a lot better without that extra 40 gallons... and that's sad, because that means I can actually feel a performance increase in a huge vehicle like that with the equivalent of just one large person (about 252 pounds) missing from the passenger seat! :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

In all seriousness, though, when I flipped the lid on the air cleaner, there's not so much stink when I accelerate hard.

 

[Wood_Butcher_Dav]

I doubt very seriously most of us can subjectively notice significant performance gains between the fuel types in a new or well maintained modern vehicle. I know that I can't make any real subjective judgement regardless of the vehicle or the fuel. On the road or the race track. Maybe you can. But I used to swear all my vehicles ran better after a good wash and wax. The mind is a powerful thing and so is the placebo effect.

There has been studies awhile back that I recall that a cleaner waxed car will get better gas mileage than a dirty one.

Dave

 

[N80]

There has been studies awhile back that I recall that a cleaner waxed car will get better gas mileage than a dirty one.

Dave

Washing, waxing and a loud radio will solve most of a vehicle's problems.

 

[MossRoad]

And some fuzzy dice....

 

[buickanddeere]

I flipped the lid on my Suburban's air cleaner.... :laughing:

Used to do that ad a kid on the old 350 four barrel, enjoyed that sound .