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[ducatiz]

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[sgollapalle]

After desperately trying to find one in the greater nyc area... A couple were listed in eastern PA. But when I called the station, they said they all now have 10-15% ethanol because of a fed mandate that was pushed through 

Sunoco has this racing fuel '250GT' which is 100 octane (105 research and 95 motor). Anyone try this in their monsters..??
I mixed it in half a tank in my car.. A slightly better feel and mileage increase of 2-3 mpg.. But the f'ing thing was $8.50 a gallon  and when I tested it with the fuel testing kit, it showed 5% ethanol 

[cokey]

Been looking for the 100 octane for the neon on pump.. closest is in LI though.  Damn you ethanol...

[speedknot]

Been looking for the 100 octane for the neon on pump.. closest is in LI though.  Damn you ethanol...

The Sunoco on Deer Park Ave used to carry Cam2.  I think it was 104 octane.  My old GPZ750 would scream with that in it.  A relative of mine installs gas stations and he told me that you'd be hard pressed to find straight gas in the NY metro area anymore.  As long as you treat the fuel with Stabil Marine or some other ethanol treatment, it should be ok.

[TAftonomos]

I found a station on Sat in NC.  Not sure exactly where it was (street names), but we had just finished Wayah road (thunder road?).  It was on the corner of wayah and on the right hand side.

Said 100% gas, no E added  

[herm]

none listed in Maine...

[TAftonomos]

Found it on the map, "Loafer's Glory" 

[sgollapalle]

Yeah.. Found that the ethanol gets mixed at the distributor.

Over the weekend, after some research and calling around.. VP Racing (www.vpracing.com) makes a bunch of blends of fuel. One of them is C10 which is a 100 octane ethanol free blend. Their main distributor is located in Newark, DE. But there is a shop in Queens, NY that said they could order any of their blends..

A 5 gallon drum of C10 was $80. 15 gal drum was about $235. It also comes in 30 and 55 gal drums. I wasn't brave enough to ask for those prices 

Not sure if it is worth $16 a gallon.. At which point I might as well get myself  a H1.

[sgollapalle]

so I've tried the sunoco 250GT 100 octane 5% ethanol gas in the monster.. and no noticeable difference in the way it runs..

Not sure if its good or bad

[cokey]

You would have to tune it to see a diff..  just putting in higher octane wont do much.. c10 is good racing fuel..

[Howie]

Careful with race fuels.  Some don't have the needed additives for storage, some do.  Some have caustic oxygenates and cannot be left in the vehicle.  Some don't.  The refiner's websites will often tell you.  Sunoco's is excellent.  http://www.sunocoinc.com/site/consumer/racefuels/

[ducatiz]

Careful with race fuels.  Some don't have the needed additives for storage, some do.  Some have caustic oxygenates and cannot be left in the vehicle.  Some don't.  The refiner's websites will often tell you.  Sunoco's is excellent.  http://www.sunocoinc.com/site/consumer/racefuels/

and some of them are enriched to the gills with ethanol

[nicrosato]

The ethanol has not seemed to bother my '01 fuel-injected Monster, but it raises hell with the outboard engine on my old sailboat. I'm going to try one of the Stabil products. I have used Stabil in the bike while it's in  winter storage and it seems to work fine.

Without shooting off into politics, I'd just like to say that it would be easy to blame the govt. for the mandated use of ethanol. But, then you realize that the big agri-business contribute loads of money to our elected representatives who pass these ridiculous laws. End result is fuel not fully-suited for our current internal combustion engines and more expensive food to boot.

Did I mention that I hate all politicians?