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Bimbo Jones · 02-26-2010, 10:22 AM

I quit using race gas several years ago and went to straight AV gas in my wagon. My dragster uses methanol with injection. Both cars are bracket raced so a fuel passing tech is not an issue. Last season I switched the wagon over to E85 and was very pleased. I picked a couple of hundrenths but the main bennefit was cooling down time. I don't turn on the water pump until the motor reaches 150 to 160 degrees and I only need to turn on the radiator fan on the return road when it gets up to around 175 to 180. By the time I reach my pit it is back to 150 or so degrees. I could go straight to the starting line without issues. I liked it so well I'm switching my dragster over to E85. I know gas prices have gone up lately, but last season I was paying around 2 dollars a gallon for E85 and 10 cents less if I used my Krogers dicount card. LOL If you are racing with a Holley HP style carb I see no reason not to make the change. I wish someone would make the effort to research what the effects and requirements would be on Stock or super stock racing. In places like Canada where leaded gasoline is such a hot button topic it would be great to be able to shut up those critics. Also it would be funny to let the rich boys with the airplanes struggle with the leaded fuel issues as our northern racers have done for years. Yes, my races cars have gone green.

02-26-2010, 10:22 AM	#5
Bimbo Jones Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 109 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: gas for racing? I quit using race gas several years ago and went to straight AV gas in my wagon. My dragster uses methanol with injection. Both cars are bracket raced so a fuel passing tech is not an issue. Last season I switched the wagon over to E85 and was very pleased. I picked a couple of hundrenths but the main bennefit was cooling down time. I don't turn on the water pump until the motor reaches 150 to 160 degrees and I only need to turn on the radiator fan on the return road when it gets up to around 175 to 180. By the time I reach my pit it is back to 150 or so degrees. I could go straight to the starting line without issues. I liked it so well I'm switching my dragster over to E85. I know gas prices have gone up lately, but last season I was paying around 2 dollars a gallon for E85 and 10 cents less if I used my Krogers dicount card. LOL If you are racing with a Holley HP style carb I see no reason not to make the change. I wish someone would make the effort to research what the effects and requirements would be on Stock or super stock racing. In places like Canada where leaded gasoline is such a hot button topic it would be great to be able to shut up those critics. Also it would be funny to let the rich boys with the airplanes struggle with the leaded fuel issues as our northern racers have done for years. Yes, my races cars have gone green.