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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: moparniac]
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01/01/13 11:42 AM
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I myself have a smaller cube engine than you, I do have 1 headlight and tail lights if you want to do a heads up. It's all in fun.
Alan I'll race your 2600lb B1 engine Dart in your sig with my 3400+lb 1 barrel engine at carlisle quartes aces this year (1/8 mile) / heads up! Not for fun though gotta bet something like dinner or tools or whatever 
That will be great. But if I bring Don's car to, He will have to be run on Handi Cap dial in  You know his last pass there was a 21 second pass  Just us all being there will be a fun time. I know you may juice it now, you will need it 
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: moparniac]
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01/01/13 12:42 PM
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Oh no tony quicktree is back!!!! 
been back 
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: Thumperdart]
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01/01/13 02:18 PM
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In Canada we pay for race gas at the pump; and all we get is a choice of 87, 89, and 91 octane. E85 is made in a plant 42 miles away from me. It is also available there for sale; not locally. I have had enough real racing gas go bad in short amount of times whenever I have tried to buy in bulk and store it.
I have race engines that are not practical for the life I have chosen, (retired). So everything is scaled back so that I can stay retired. Being retired has become a full time job, and there is no life like it.
I am truly happy that the American way of life is still working for you guys, and that race gas is available and affordable. Race gas is my first choice when all things are equal.
Too many cars, too many parts, too little coin, too little space to work in, too little time left to make it all happen!
Update: down to one ride, still too many parts, a little more jingle in the pocket, gaining space, and it's going to happen this year!
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: rickstershemi]
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01/01/13 03:27 PM
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Hi Tony 
Rickster
hey Rick
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: moparniac]
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01/08/13 12:44 AM
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I don't get why would you need it? Thumper needs it I don't ! I roll on street gas ! Race gas is for race cars!
You're doing it wrong! Race gas and slicks for the street when you're running the car on the bottle. Treaded tires and Pump Gas for the track to race in the "Street" classes.
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: G-Money1320]
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01/08/13 10:12 PM
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Shoot!! When im mowing the lawn and run out of gas I put Turbo Blue in it to finish Does seem to get the job done quicker 
LOL! And I thought I was the only one that did that! My Toro always ran better when doing this with VP!
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: EvilB1Dart]
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01/08/13 10:59 PM
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Shoot!! When im mowing the lawn and run out of gas I put Turbo Blue in it to finish Does seem to get the job done quicker
LOL! And I thought I was the only one that did that! My Toro always ran better when doing this with VP!
Me too... I love the smell of race fuel even if its from a wheel horse mower 
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: emarine01]
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01/09/13 01:19 AM
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Why so slow on pump gas? We have 94 Ethanol Blend at the pumps..
TT Predator headed 572 7 Second Street Car.
Fastest Mopar Drag Week 2015
Fastest Mopar & Dodge Drag Week 2017
Pro Street Power Adder Champion Drag Week 2017
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Re: Race gas in street cars....
[Re: Big Squeeze]
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01/09/13 11:57 AM
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Here's another way to look at it...like someone already said, you can get race gas around $6.85/gallon....I use straight Av-Gas in all my own cars which runs about $1.00 more per gallon than 91 octane, so I'm paying about $4.50/gallon...91 octane is about 3.20/gallon here...
It's commonly known that more compression equals more efficiency which equals better fuel mileage...Having said that, if your pump gas car gets 8 miles/gallon and mine gets 14 miles/gallon, after 2,000 miles of driving you've spent $800 and I've spent $642 on Av-Gas....and I could run real race gas and still would only cost me $978, which is only $180 with 2,000 miles of driving AND with everything else being equal I made more power because I can run more camshaft when running higher compression....
People always look at JUST what race gas costs per gallon when they really should be looking at the whole picture... 
You can make the very same argument for E85, run about 4 points higher compression than you can on 91 octane. In my experience you get about 4 percent more efficiency for a point of compression, if you do bump it up from 9 to one to 13 to one you could get 16% more MPG, more than enough to compensate for the lower energy content, it smells better and is cheaper than even 87 octane and yes your engine WILL make more power.
As for the reason some people are infatuated with pump gas, maybe it is because some of us were raised on low budgets and can not afford the finer things in life, or because were raised to be frugal either because we had budget minded or broke parents while we were kids, now we are all grown up and still have that mentality even if we can afford the double or triple price that race gas typically costs. Also some of us do drive our street cars on the street in real life (not just a local show on a sunny nice day) and may need to be sure fuel is available for us.
I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!
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I accep as long as we can meet in the middle...............you better tune her up......... 
