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Old 02-07-2018, 12:50 PM   #23
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Default Re: NHRA fuel check

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright View Post
And, most of it is crap anymore. My 454" Suburban has started to get a little spark knock on 87 octane pulling the trailer this past year. Either go to 89 octane, or de-tune it some. I dyno tuned it on 87 octane in 2009. Been fine until this last summer. Had some customers with premium fuel vehicles (Corvettes, etc) starting to hear their's ping some on 91. Hard to find 93 octane around here anymore.

If you have a Pure Stocker, NHRA rules should be no issue anyway. :-)
Tow with a 94 beefed up Caprice wagon.
Iron Head LT1, 87 Bryan Herter Performance Tune with no problems.

Towing over Appalachian Mountains fill up with 93
Flatter land routes such as Capitol, MIR, Cecil 87, etc works fine.
Hot days use 89 or 93.

Since GT, CM or Stock require approved fuels.
Own a home in Suburbs.
Considering buying about 10 cans of Sunoco 260 GTX for a season.

How and what are the best practices to safely store this fuel?
I know my wife will be concerned.

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