Milwaukee - America's Drunkest Evo Owners
Jan 29, 2006, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Honni414
found a place in west allis that has race gas... i did an almost half and half mixture and didnt notice too much of a differance though.
If you went to the place on 76th and Lincoln, don't get that gas. I would go out to Johnny's on Janesville in Muskego, cheaper and a lot better gas, plus I think they use 112.
You didnt notice a difference? Did you turn the boost up at all?
Jan 29, 2006, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by bolsen
good to see you're doin the 35r! You should have told me tho, I could have gotten you a deal!
Jan 29, 2006, 08:59 AM
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well, if u didnt do anything to make use of the gases decreased flash and knock threshold, the gas is just burning slower and ur loosing power (not noticeable really..but you ARE loosing power because it burns much slower). need to turn up that boost and enjoy!! 
Jan 29, 2006, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by TomsEVO
It was kinda an impulse buy so I didnt really plan it out ahead of time, they had a group buy going and it was getting near the end so I said what the hell and bought it. In hindsight maybe not the best purchase but once its all done Im sure Ill be happy with it.
You're stepping up the the ems?
Jan 29, 2006, 11:51 AM
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Good morning guys, josh the unit looks great, i am not busy so gimmie a call whenever. Honni, your not going to see gains unless you can at least control boost. I was boosting 26 psi with no knock last time i used race gas...what a blast!
Mike im not too sure if you wanna tune when you can't get traction!
Mike im not too sure if you wanna tune when you can't get traction!
Jan 29, 2006, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by dryad001
If you went to the place on 76th and Lincoln, don't get that gas. I would go out to Johnny's on Janesville in Muskego, cheaper and a lot better gas, plus I think they use 112.
You didnt notice a difference? Did you turn the boost up at all?
You didnt notice a difference? Did you turn the boost up at all?
Jan 29, 2006, 05:16 PM
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The highest unleaded is 104 by VP fuels. There is a a lot of different fuels out there that are leaded from 100, 101, 104, 108, 110, 112, 116 all by different companies. Some are good and some are not so good. The best "race" fuel I know of around the metro Milw area is at Johnny's. Last time I bought fuel there it was 4.85/gal. It's most likely higher now since we are post-Katrina. The "cracker" companies are still not at full production and that is why the gas/plastic/etc companies are still passing the added cost to the consumer. Now if oil companies ever try making a "synthetic" type fuel it will save oil production costs 10 fold.
I work in the plastics industry and always here about resin loss. Just to give you an example. Non-HDPVC is about .92/lb. It takes about 3lb of light sweet crude to refine down into this material. Now if you are talking about PE or HDPE it costs about 1.09/lb. Why? Because PE or anything of the like is synthetic made hence the cost increase.
Now getting back onto fuels. Lead is used as a type of buffer or octane "rasier" to slow the burn of the fuel. This isn't cheap to do because the fuel has to be "cracked" or refined a different way. Not much "race" fuel can be produced form crude oil pound for pound.
Sorry for the over in-depth explanation.
I work in the plastics industry and always here about resin loss. Just to give you an example. Non-HDPVC is about .92/lb. It takes about 3lb of light sweet crude to refine down into this material. Now if you are talking about PE or HDPE it costs about 1.09/lb. Why? Because PE or anything of the like is synthetic made hence the cost increase.
Now getting back onto fuels. Lead is used as a type of buffer or octane "rasier" to slow the burn of the fuel. This isn't cheap to do because the fuel has to be "cracked" or refined a different way. Not much "race" fuel can be produced form crude oil pound for pound.
Sorry for the over in-depth explanation.
Jan 29, 2006, 05:35 PM
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it was either 100 or 110 octane and im not sure on the price...i think it was around 4 something a gallon...the recipt is still in my car so ill post up some real numbers tommorrow....anyone have reccomendations on a good MBC and some nice headers
Jan 29, 2006, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Honni414
it was either 100 or 110 octane and im not sure on the price...i think it was around 4 something a gallon...the recipt is still in my car so ill post up some real numbers tommorrow....anyone have reccomendations on a good MBC and some nice headers
Headers= Honda
I've heard good things about the forge MBC, the Hallman ones seem to be very nice as well
Jan 29, 2006, 08:43 PM
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Looking for OEM Evo IX Wheels
Anyone selling MINT OEM Evo IX wheels in the Milwaukee or Chicago area (MR or Non)? I'll pay $1050 for the MR wheels or $650 for the standard wheels. Thanks guys.
-Josh
-Josh
Jan 29, 2006, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Silk
Unless you're upgrading you "header" because you are getting a bigger turbo its not worth it.
Headers= Honda
I've heard good things about the forge MBC, the Hallman ones seem to be very nice as well
Headers= Honda
I've heard good things about the forge MBC, the Hallman ones seem to be very nice as well
its slang that stuck with me....sorry, my exhaust manifold
Jan 29, 2006, 11:00 PM
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I bet you didnt see any hot babes while you were there
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Well, I'm back from my "way to awesome" vacation. I'll explain more in the morning when I wake up. Hopefully with some pictures as well.
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Jan 30, 2006, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Honni414
it was either 100 or 110 octane and im not sure on the price...i think it was around 4 something a gallon...the recipt is still in my car so ill post up some real numbers tommorrow....anyone have reccomendations on a good MBC and some nice headers
Morning fochers!