I'm just glad I can still run my little ol 87 octane.... I don't need MORE worries...

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I guess since the effort to kill off the old cars failed in california there next plan is to starve you out. After reading your post i'm re-invigerated to check out CNG (Compressed natural gas). CNG is 130 octane! It costs a grand but you can get a filler to run off your gas pipe at home and fill your car overnight. Another upside is you don't pay road tax on your fuel since you fill it at home with home heating fuel. While i'm in austalia i'm checking out LPG (propane) which is similar but needs to use a different mixture ratio. The other thing prompting me on is the fact in atlanta alternative fuel vehicles can use the car pool lane. Imagine the cop pulling over a 67 mustang convertible running 13:1 compression for running solo in the car pool lane and you legally tell him to flip off.

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We have 92 here in Seattle!!!

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$200 for a gallon of gas? thats more than 100 gallons down here *wink*

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I had to double take the dates of these posts. Up here in Northern Minnesota, we are paying $179 for UNLEADED REGULAR!!! Premium 92 is $193!!!
Man, are we getting hosed.....
Big JB (soon to be Da Boss)

'66 coupe with a stock 289 other than a 4 barrel carb (hoping to change asap) with plans for a cam and heads. Anyone with fun parts for me let me know.

 

You can get 94 octane at Sunoco in Pittsburgh PA for 1.43 a gallon.

Mike

My car is a Winter Blue 1969 convertible with black standard interior. It has an original (untouched) 302 2V C4 with ~53,000 miles on it.

1994 F150 Extended Cab 4x4
2000 Taurus

 

A couple of Sunoco stations in my area sell what they call racing Fuel at 103 octane but it's NOT cheap, the Amish around here use it in their buggies. Man, do those horses fly. OZ.

68 GT Convertible, 01 Super Duty 4x4 V-10
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Seems like not too long ago you guys were suffering the 93 to 92 octane drop! I gotta get moving on my new motor build out, this almost 11.1 compression is not gonna work when the trend migrates to my part of the world.

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2000 Mustang GT

 

You can still get 93 octane here in VA. (Waynesboro) at places like Amoco and BP. I think Citco at 7-11 sell's it also. My mildly built 302 runs fine on it. Right now its about $1.45 a gallon.

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I noticed that too. Now I buy about a 3/4 tank of the 91 octane and top it off with 110 octane leaded racing fuel. No pings-no cat (It's an 86)

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I've experienced a noticeable improvement by using Chevron gas. A little cleaner performance from your car. I used to only run Union76 then made the switch. The Mustang doesn't sniff low quality gas.
Always 92....now 91. Time to stock up on Octane boost.

e

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Ah ha! Another Californian. I noticed the same thing about two weeks ago. My local unfriendly Beacon station had brand new "91 octane" stickers on the premium pumps. My first thought was "WTF!" Anyway, I checked at a couple of the premium brand stations and it was the same story. My 302 Mustang is only a 9.5 : 1 compression ratio, so it runs fine on 87 octane crap but my Z28 likes the high test and the 91 leaves something to be desired. My 351W SportsRoof is 10.7 : 1 and I have no idea if it will even run on the 91 stuff. It was having a hard enough time with the 92.

Regards,
RagTop
69 Meadowlark Yellow convertible
69 Royal Maroon SportsRoof
00 Camaro Z28

 

Here in WV we have both 91 and 93, both the same price, some places sell 91, others 93, so I have all the 93 stations memorized, both cars knock with anything less. Luckily, this week the cheapest premium is a 93 octane station at 1.51/gal.

-Jason

'72 Mach 1 || '90 Talon TSi AWD
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You can still get 115 octane, but have to go to the airport. That's what all the (P-51) Mustangs are running. Still get 92 here on the FL Panhandle for the low altitude models.

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