Race Gas Available in Reno!!!!

[ArthurS]

Here is a place that sells race gas in Reno incase anyone was ever wondering (I was).

Casazza Oil Company - 1575 East Commercial Row, Reno NV 89512 (775) 323-1866

100 Octane Unleaded - 4.04$ per gallon

They also have Leaded 110, 114, and 118 Octane.

[sperry]

WOOT!

[STIwish]

Thats pretty sick... its too bad our turbos are way out of their efficiency range before it really becomes necessary to use the race gas.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by STIwish

Thats pretty sick... its too bad our turbos are way out of their efficiency range before it really becomes necessary to use the race gas.

?? Race gas means the timing should advance some making more power, while reducing the chances of detonation... the turbo doesn't have to boost more to take advantage of better gas!

[AtomicLabMonkey]

I don't have any personal experience with racing fuels (yet.. ) but from some things I've read it's "let the buyer beware" when buying/using it. This Buick GN site seems to have some good fuel tech info on it...

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/fuel.../fuelpage.html

and a particular section here...

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc...explained.html

caught my eye:

"A2: Racing gasoline could be a much more convenient way to run high octane fuel compared to having to constantly mix in toluene with each fill up. There are, however a few caveats:

You don't know for sure if you are really getting what is being advertised. You should find out if the fuel inspectors verify the actual octane of the racing gasoline in addition to ordinary gasoline. If you paid $3/gallon and only got 94 or 95 octane instead of 100 octane you may conclude erroneously that your car does not benefit from octane boosting.

You don't know what octane boosters are used in the racing gasoline. The worst case scenario is buying leaded racing gasoline without knowing it. Unleaded racing gasoline may still contain damaging octane boosters like MMT or methanol. A very high alcohol content will lead to fuel line erosion, accelerated fuel pump wear, very poor fuel economy and possibly lower performance as alcohols have a less impressive MON rating than aromatics."

The potential for accelerated component wear doesn't matter much if you're dealing with a dedicated racecar because they usually have those parts replaced frequently, but with a street car... that's a different story.

[sperry]

AFAIK, that gas would have to be "street legal" unleaded, or it wouldn't be sold at a pump. If it's not labled "for sale on public streets" or whatever the stickers say, then we can't use it in STX anyway. And if it's got that sticker, then it should be tested for octane level, etc once a year.

[ArthurS]

Originally Posted by sperry

AFAIK, that gas would have to be "street legal" unleaded, or it wouldn't be sold at a pump. If it's not labled "for sale on public streets" or whatever the stickers say, then we can't use it in STX anyway. And if it's got that sticker, then it should be tested for octane level, etc once a year.

The place listed above is on a national list of race gas distributors. They have been in Reno for awhile now actually. They seem to be quite well-known.

[Dean]

At this altitude, I would be extremely surprised if any of our lightly moded WRXs could even tell the differencce.

There just isn't enough air to really cause detonation and you would need a whole lot of boost and advance to get into a situation that might warrent 100 octane.

Just my $.02

[sperry]

Originally Posted by Dean

At this altitude, I would be extremely surprised if any of our lightly moded WRXs could even tell the differencce.

There just isn't enough air to really cause detonation and you would need a whole lot of boost and advance to get into a situation that might warrent 100 octane.

Just my $.02

That's a good point... I guess I'll have to get some new heads and a turbo that puts out 20psi so I can detonate.

[STIwish]

I think I'll do the same thing!! oh wait, thats already the plan... FP-18G with all of the supporting mods