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I do notice a small difference in engine performance between the 91 octane that I normally put in my 2019 370Z with 12,000 miles and a 93 octane mixture from

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Old 11-02-2019, 11:02 PM   #106 (permalink)
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I do notice a small difference in engine performance between the 91 octane that I normally put in my 2019 370Z with 12,000 miles and a 93 octane mixture from Sunoco SS 100 race gas and 91 octane pump gas. When I run the 93 octane blended mixture I notice that the engine idles a little more smoothly and more quietly and pulls a little more strongly from a start. With the 91 octane I sometimes get a little pinging and hesitation from a start if I don't feather the clutch correctly, none of that with the 93 octane. The most objective difference that I notice is in my longer term gas mileage indicator, where I get about a 2 mpg increase in mileage with the higher octane. The Sunoco race gas is hard to get here in Northern California and it is expensive, so I normally don't use it. My car's engine and exhaust system are still stock
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I get Sunoco 93 right out of the pump here in Pa.
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Remember when Sunoco had custom blending at the pump ? You could go from 190 economy to 260 which was two notches above their 240 which was premium . You could select anything in between in increments of 10
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Yup, I also remember static timing, points and condensers!

Octane is not that big of a deal since the ECU made its way into cars.
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Remember when Sunoco had custom blending at the pump ? You could go from 190 economy to 260 which was two notches above their 240 which was premium . You could select anything in between in increments of 10
Oh yeah; the good ol days when GTOs, Roadrunners, Z28s and 442s roamed the streets.
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Noop, I remember fuel for under 50ct. a gallon. Self serve pumps just started being installed. Most of them were still full service. Getting the oil checked, added, etc. Front window washed.
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Noop, I remember fuel for under 50ct. a gallon. Self serve pumps just started being installed. Most of them were still full service. Getting the oil checked, added, etc. Front window washed.
That was my first paying job ( except for paper boy ) pumping gas at a full service Sunoco station. The economy grade 190 was going for 19.9ct. a gallon in 1972
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Noop, I remember fuel for under 50ct. a gallon. Self serve pumps just started being installed. Most of them were still full service. Getting the oil checked, added, etc. Front window washed.
My first job was for Boron Oil at a gas station. I remember standing guard at the pumps with a shotgun during the 1973 gas crisis. Had cars lined up around 2 blocks. My gas tank was always full.
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