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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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You people are crazy--gas is gas is gas. It's all the same thing! It all comes from the same pipe! The only difference is the additives added by each gas company. Jesus Christ, read a newspaper.
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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I have only used 76 gas also a while back i tested all the other gas stations and i noticed that 76 had better performance cant tell you its a fact or if its mentally
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by brandotron
You people are crazy--gas is gas is gas. It's all the same thing! It all comes from the same pipe! The only difference is the additives added by each gas company. Jesus Christ, read a newspaper.
All I know id that I was detonating all across the RPM range with Arco. 76 shell and chevron, not a single ping.
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by brandotron
You people are crazy--gas is gas is gas. It's all the same thing! It all comes from the same pipe! The only difference is the additives added by each gas company. Jesus Christ, read a newspaper.
How do you explain my knocking issue on cheap gas, if it's all supposedly the same?
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 03:28 AM
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/\well duh it wasnt really knocking, your just crazy.
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by djsanchez2
How do you explain my knocking issue on cheap gas, if it's all supposedly the same?
I think he did when he mentioned the part about additives.
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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I know my test showed me what I needed to know.
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by brandotron
gas is gas is gas. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9Z31Zaftw
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Old Oct 28, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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I'll run 76 in a pinch but only Chevron. 92% duty cycle sucks lol
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