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2019 Z06 2LZ A8 Coupe
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From: Downtown Annapolis, MD. The Future is where we all have to live. Let's not screw it up.
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
I stay away from NO-Name gasolines.
The '71 runs great on 87 0ctane.
The '88 gets best performance and fuel economy on 93.
The '71 runs great on 87 0ctane.
The '88 gets best performance and fuel economy on 93.
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From: Merritt Ils Fl
Team Owner
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From: Orlando FL
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
In the 8 years I've owned it so far, its always had 93. The two times I tried a lesser grade (back when I first got it) it ran like crap the entire tank.
I am not brand specific, wherever is convenient.
I am not brand specific, wherever is convenient.
Drifting
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From: 2003 Points Champ Great Lakes Corvette Challenge; 2006/2007 Winner MSD True Street
1 btl will make your 93 octane to 93.1 octane.
If you want to increase Octane use TORCO octane additive.
BTW..if you are stock compression..TORCO wil be a waste of money too.
Your stock car was designed to run on 91/92 octane.
Unless you are running boost, NOS, or higher compression forget anything higher.
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Melting Slicks
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From: King George VA
26280k miles a year on. If its highway 35054k!!!! I hope you were venting..lol
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
Corvettes get good mileage, Armada's don't.
The Bosch Corp has a late model Corvette with a diesel.
Ever notice that most of the cars on the road today are tiny little Japanese boxes?
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
I run mine on 87 octane. It's a stock '86 Corvette with a stock iron-headed L98, stock timing and everything. That's what the owner's manual recommends for that particular year. I think later years may have changed this, and if I make changes to the engine I would definitely reconsider.
On the subject of alternative fuels - I've seen some amount of talk about butanol; it's another alchohol like ethanol or methanol, but with four carbon atoms instead of two or one. It's apparently easier to substitute for gasoline, but not as readily available. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol_fuel
It is possible to convert a car to flex-fuel if you've got the money. You would need to replace the injectors and other things to make the fuel system compatible with alchohol. I'm not sure if you could reprogram a stock ECU to use a flex-fuel sensor, or reprogram an LSx flex fuel computer to run an LT1 or L98. It may be possible. But there are a few options that I know do work - you can reprogram a stock ECU for a fixed fuel blend, swap in a later flex-fuel drivetrain in its entirity, or use an aftermarket ECU that has flex-fuel capacity. There are a few on the market already, and it wouldn't surprise me if more appear as gas prices climb.
I'd probably want to wait and see if one particular alternative fuel becomes more prevalent, though, as I don't really think that scaling up a Jack Daniel's distillery to make motor fuel is likely to be a long term solution. There's several other methods that I think have the potential to be more efficient, including other ways of making ethanol, but also some other types of fuels.
On the subject of alternative fuels - I've seen some amount of talk about butanol; it's another alchohol like ethanol or methanol, but with four carbon atoms instead of two or one. It's apparently easier to substitute for gasoline, but not as readily available. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanol_fuel
It is possible to convert a car to flex-fuel if you've got the money. You would need to replace the injectors and other things to make the fuel system compatible with alchohol. I'm not sure if you could reprogram a stock ECU to use a flex-fuel sensor, or reprogram an LSx flex fuel computer to run an LT1 or L98. It may be possible. But there are a few options that I know do work - you can reprogram a stock ECU for a fixed fuel blend, swap in a later flex-fuel drivetrain in its entirity, or use an aftermarket ECU that has flex-fuel capacity. There are a few on the market already, and it wouldn't surprise me if more appear as gas prices climb.
I'd probably want to wait and see if one particular alternative fuel becomes more prevalent, though, as I don't really think that scaling up a Jack Daniel's distillery to make motor fuel is likely to be a long term solution. There's several other methods that I think have the potential to be more efficient, including other ways of making ethanol, but also some other types of fuels.
If there were a replacement for oil, and there isn't any, it wouldn't be such a problem. Oil has record prices for the last week. Adjusted for inflation is at $93.00 a barrel.
Oil is extremely hard on the planet, but the alternatives will be even worse.
The US is at 65% imports for oil. Next few years it go even higher.
70 to 80% is not unlikely. $100.00 a plus for oil is with in sight.
Everyone in the world with few exceptions are tied to the price of oil.
But very few are concerned about the end of oil? How can that be?
You seem to be a smart guy, and theres plenty of info about it but few are taking notice. Is it the head in the sand thats blocking the view?
An economy based on cheap oil is on a dead end. Now were looking to keep a dead economy going on expensive oil? Wheres the logic?
On coal conversion to gas the big oil companies have 0 interest in that.
The age of oil is over. At least with a big SUV when theres no more oil you can live in it. With a Corvette it wont even make a good chicken coop.
On the flex-fuel car I have one but theres only gasoline in my area.
Of course all the experts in the world could be wrong, but even if they are oil will continue to set price records.
Heel & Toe
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curt05
i can count on at least 24 mpg --19 in town--and if your running down the road at 60 and rest the avg. mpg 31-----yes thats what i said--31 use exxon 93 and have used 87 without problems----???????????? c5 with 40k