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Originally Posted by cooltoy
Shell does not put ethanol into their V-power gas, it's 91 octane. That is all I ever use.
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Do you have backup from Shell on this statement? In FL, the pump says all grades have up to 10% E.
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Originally Posted by abm89
E is a lifesaver for me down here in the Texas heat.
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How is E helping with ambient heat?
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Originally Posted by ZoomZ
The article I added, seems to disspel a lot of Ethanol rumours. How much truth there is to that? Unsure, as it is written by a Corn grower association.
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Yup just like the Harvard "study" (scam) about cholesterol big sugar paid for in 1960's/70's "finding" cholesterol was the heart killer when in actuality sugar is the culprit!!!
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Originally Posted by abm89
After learning a TON with Seb doing the logging for my flex-fuel tune, the benefits of using E in extreme heat is so obvious. in 90F ambient, my car will retard timing by quite a bit to protect itself on 93, but something like E75 i saw absolutely no timing correction.
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What parameter is the Z using to retard timing? Intake or coolant temp? If coolant temp. simply get a Infiniti 21200-4W000 stat. If intake temp. nothing you can do about that other than CAI.
I'm typically around 185-190* in south florida with the above stat and haven't seen 200 yet with an all OE cooling system and no engine bay ventilation.
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Originally Posted by SG4247
My car knocks on E10 87, but runs safely on E10 91 and 93.
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It should knock on anything below 91 and is why lesser octane fuels aren't listed in the owners manual.
