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Re: 110 unleaded mix for a 10.25 compression 440
[Re: Labratt]
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03/20/10 10:05 AM
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BEEQUIK
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Thanks,Chris! I do LOVE the smell of "race gas" but I was looking for power enhancement possibilities with the x-tra octane!  BTW...out of curiousity,where did you purchase the Groovy Grape? 
summit has it - $12.95 a bottle.they have fruit punch,strawberry,cotton candy,you name it. I think they should have one named VICTORY. Who doesn't like that smell??
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Re: 110 unleaded mix for a 10.25 compression 440
[Re: Labratt]
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03/20/10 02:34 PM
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MR_P_BODY
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After thinking about Chris's suggestion of using a fuel additive,plus the fact that my wifey complains about me smelling like a gas can every time I come into the house,after tinkering with the GTX,I ordered a bottle of Cotton Candy from Summit!  I'm not going to tell her!...I'll wait for her to say something!  I'm sure it'll be an improvement!  Randy B. 
LOL... so now you'll smell like cotton candy.... I
dont think that will cure the problem Randy... women
(most women) just dont like the smell of engines... LOL
I'm glad my wife met me when I worked in the fuel
lab and ALWAYS smelled like gas.... was funny, she
finally got use to the different gas smells and could
tell if I was working with E-85 or regular gas...
she still cant stand diesel
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Re: 110 unleaded mix for a 10.25 compression 440
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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03/20/10 03:47 PM
03/20/10 03:47 PM
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After thinking about Chris's suggestion of using a fuel additive,plus the fact that my wifey complains about me smelling like a gas can every time I come into the house,after tinkering with the GTX,I ordered a bottle of Cotton Candy from Summit! I'm not going to tell her!...I'll wait for her to say something! I'm sure it'll be an improvement! Randy B.
LOL... so now you'll smell like cotton candy.... I
dont think that will cure the problem Randy... women
(most women) just dont like the smell of engines... LOL
I'm glad my wife met me when I worked in the fuel
lab and ALWAYS smelled like gas.... was funny, she
finally got use to the different gas smells and could
tell if I was working with E-85 or regular gas...
she still cant stand diesel
Just a little dab behind each ear before you go in the house and its guaranteed to be booty time!!!LOL   
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Re: 110 unleaded mix for a 10.25 compression 440
[Re: Blakcharger440]
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04/01/10 06:00 PM
04/01/10 06:00 PM
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With the closed chamber edelbrocks the .030 over 440 in my challenger is 10.2:1, .040 quench. It runs fine on our 91 octane calif pump swill, but does at times suffer from run-on. I've heard that was a problem with six-pack setups back in the day, and I have the idle solenoid on there, but hasn't helped much.
If I mix a couple of gallons of 110 in there, the run-on goes away.
I used to HAVE to mix in 110 at a 1:5 or 6 ratio when it had the iron 902's on it. It was only 9.8:1 then, but with the open-chamber iron heads, it pinged badly on straight 91.
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Re: 110 unleaded mix for a 10.25 compression 440?
[Re: HemiDart68]
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04/01/10 07:00 PM
04/01/10 07:00 PM
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Fort Workin Tx
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dont think you will need a 50/50 ratio but splashing it never hurts. Detonation is one of the worst things to do to a race motor, so a little splash of the good stuff for added insurance never hurts. 
plus it makes for sweet smellin exhaust
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Re: 110 unleaded mix for a 10.25 compression 440?
[Re: Day2Runner]
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04/01/10 07:31 PM
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602heavy
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Some race fuels don't mix , you won't hear detonation but it WILL be there , the chamber will decipher the higher octane & could ping on the low stuff , go conservative on the timing & pull the plugs as this will tell you if you need race gas or not , the motor will slow down the more timing you put into it (race fuel) if running optimum for pump gas , the same motor running lower octane will run faster than a motor advanced for higher octane , the piston does'nt like the a/f lit off to far down the hole.
Last edited by 602heavy; 04/01/10 08:05 PM.
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Cotton Candy flavor,eh.... that's what race gas smells like to me! 
LOVE that smell! Randy B 
GOOD STUFF! 
