Fuels

[Mark75H]

Tests exist for the banned additives, but the tests are very expensive. Entry fees would have to be 3 or 4 times what they are now to buy the test kits.

For the time being, all you should have to do to get away from 10% ethanol is go outside the marked areas on this map and buy your gas:

[Gstillwill]

From what BP told me on the phone all the state of Va will be in the red by June 1st. I will just go with the Sunoco 110 Leaded and may blend with Av gas. If you go to Suns web site they also give what the Dielectric Constant is of each grade of race gas so its easy to see which would pass the meter. The GT-100 has a 11.8 which I asume it means to the plus side. The 110 leaded has a reading of -0.1 so should pass the meter. Atleast its design for high RPM usage and should be constant with the jet sizes. I dont have to order it I can go right to the track and fill my own cans and according to Sunoco as long as its stored proper it has a shelf life of 2 years. Price is 6.75 a gal about double from what Im using now but seeing that we dont use that much gas then its not to bad. Hell Hi test pump gas will be 4.50 a gal by summer anyway. Down side of all this is there are stuff you can add to gas to really make a differance and the meter wont pick it up.

[Mark75H]

Wouldn't it be a quicker trip just to head in to West-by-God Virginia and buy clean gas there?

[Gstillwill]

It probably would but its just a bandaide for things that are comming so might as well find a fix now. Beisdes there are only 14 states that require a sticker on the pumps saying that the gas has Ethanol in the gas so you never know that its in there in the other states. From reading this on MSN it looks like clean gas after this year will become a thing of the past.

"A couple of things are going to work in the favor of a more temperate price of gasoline down the road," adds Kloza. "Ethanol is going to displace a lot of the demand for gasoline because it's going to take 10 percent of gasoline out of the formula and replace it nearly everywhere east of the Mississippi this year. The second thing is prices won't be up a spectacular amount from previous years; it may be up a percentage point or so. But this is not the start of the $4- to $5[-dollar-a gallon] apocalypse for gasoline."

[Skoontz]

What is going to occur, undoubtedly in the world of junk science, and is already happening, is, rumblings of fertilizer run off (most of which can be legitimately shown with out bogus studies) in bays, and, food prices getting driven up, will cause yet more tweaking of fuels. The addition of one thing such as ethanol will show some negative impact somewhere, another movie using junk science will be produced, and a new additive will be introduced. What, and when, God only knows. What it will do to a fuel meter reading, and how it will perform? Same thing. The other scenario is that, there are quite a few companies greasing politicians to keep the ethanol movement going, and it won't go away soon, but, I'm betting in 5 years it will be superceded by something....

[David Mason]

Tests exist for the banned additives, but the tests are very expensive. Entry fees would have to be 3 or 4 times what they are now to buy the test kits.

For the time being, all you should have to do to get away from 10% ethanol is go outside the marked areas on this map and buy your gas:

Sam,

The website might tell you it is correct, and book research may tell you that map is right, but in reality it is not right. It is just about everywhere. I can't rely on ANY gas station in MI to have legal fuel at any given time. I don't see your map indicating MI is a contaminated state. I will take personal expereince over books and websites any day.

George, be carefull with that Sunoco, our local filling stations fuel does not pass the meter. Last time I checked it it was something like positive 150. Now mind you, we use only premium grade of 91 octane or better. You can find lots of 87 octane to pass at several stations.