Race fuel woes..

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CdaleRacer0128 · #1 Post by **CdaleRacer0128** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 7:44 pm

Race gas issue.

i'm going to be running race gas probably 50/50 mix with 93 octane. the race gas i got is Vp112 octane. i was todl to run this in the engine im having done, a WWE engine, i was just worried that id witness the swelling of the gas tank fitting orings and other problems.
I want this year to be very successful for me without any problems, and this just seems like it oculd be one in the works.
so what do you guys do to stop these lines from swelling? or will they swell with this mix? How do i know they are doing that? and what can i do to fix them?

ive got the gas tank and new orings or ne thing in the fittings would be good to tell me now cos i got it sittin on my floor with no quad together yet..

so what do i do? i was told to run the race fuel, so i guess i have to, what do you do?

rosebridge · #2 Post by **rosebridge** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:21 pm

i was told not to use vp fuel to use unocal 76 100 octane that you can get from the pump not all 76 stations.vp fuels tend to leave harmful deposits. I do not see a problem useing unocal 76 fuel.
76 PRODUCTS/TOSCO CORPORATION

Competition 100

Competition 100 (unleaded) is designed for high performance street cars, race cars, watercraft, motorcycles, etc. In fact, engines with compression ratios as high as 14:1 will benefit greatly from this clean-burning fuel.

J. Delaney · #3 Post by **J. Delaney** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:17 pm

The hot fuel on the street bike scene is NuTech. The really good stuff is around $25 a gallon, but I have seen it make up to a 4hp difference even when mixed. You pay the price to go fast.

KYmxracer52 · #4 Post by **KYmxracer52** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:21 pm

I have used a cheaper 110 race fuel in mine before. Almost a straight mixture at times and have never had O-rings to swell.

CdaleRacer0128 · #5 Post by **CdaleRacer0128** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:35 pm

what about sunoco race gas? i dont know what the octane is on it but do you think that'd be better?

J. Delaney · #6 Post by **J. Delaney** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:56 pm

Don't forget to rejet when you switch to race fuel. I think most of the manufacturers recoment rejetting a little richer when using their product to realize maximum performance gains.

thomez · #7 Post by **thomez** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:12 am

Rejet the Cannon? :confused:

atvrulz · #8 Post by **atvrulz** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:46 am

i can only use 100 octane and up in my wwe 460 engine. I have an old colony gas station near me that sells 100 octane gas for $2.50 per gallon. This is what i will be using.

CdaleRacer0128 · #9 Post by **CdaleRacer0128** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 1:08 am

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Originally posted by thomez
Rejet the Cannon? :confused:

blaze#52 · #10 Post by **blaze#52** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 2:49 am

93 amaco is all mine sees, i was told by my dealer that you could actually lose hp with higher octane fuel because is burns slower and since the c-dales turn 11000 rpm that it could actually lose a hp or 2, i know some guys swear by it, but usually the higher octane fuel takes the bite off the dale and actually makes it more ridable, i have alwys ran 93 and do not plan on changing it