Shell VPOWER GAS
Team Owner
Joined: Mar 1999
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From: At the beach in little Rhody
I am convinced that one tank of bad gas will cause problems for several tanks. A friend and I both tanked up at a Sunoco station in CT last fall and within a few weeks we both had the fuel gauge issue. I ran some stuff through the tank and have since been using Shell. Last tank I ran down low with no problems and knock on wood no problems this year at all. If it is the Shell, it is very convenient for me to buy so I will just keep using it.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 43,084
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
This past early summer here on the east coast Shell had put too much sulfer into their fuels. So that caused some gas gage problems, not to mention minor other things. Shell said by that these fuels would be out of the system by Aug.
I switched to Amocco fuel and the car seems to run better.
Here in NC we do not have Sunoco, except at the race tracks with Sunoco 100 octane and Leaded 110 octane. I would put in Sunoco 93 any time I could find it. I heard that Sunoco now puts 10% ethenol in their 93 octane fuel. Is there any truth to that??
I switched to Amocco fuel and the car seems to run better.
Here in NC we do not have Sunoco, except at the race tracks with Sunoco 100 octane and Leaded 110 octane. I would put in Sunoco 93 any time I could find it. I heard that Sunoco now puts 10% ethenol in their 93 octane fuel. Is there any truth to that??
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 10,222
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OK, I did some more digging on this. According to Chevron's website and the site www.toptiergas.com, Chevron is considered top tier. With the good reviews Chevron gets here on the Forum, and the sulphur issue earlier this year with Shell, I'll stick with Chevron.
