piratediverjefff
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Not sure where i saw it now(it was a year or more ago)but if i run across it again i'll post it up.
What kind of gas do you use?
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Not sure where i saw it now(it was a year or more ago)but if i run across it again i'll post it up.
piratediverjefff
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I sent a couple of e-mails to Brock asking about octane for my Gen II and received answers right away so wanted to post(thanks Brock!);
https://www.brocksperformance.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2417&PID=10133#10133
https://www.brocksperformance.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2417&PID=10133#10133
cheferman65
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Great question, I know certain brands use more additives such as Chevron w/ their patented Techron, thus claiming better cleaning/build up prevention. Maybe it's to make us feel better about paying more for their brand.
piratediverjefff
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According to a guy who recently retired from a long career with Exxon,he said the added "additives" the top name brands supposedly add amounts to about 1qt. per 5,000 gallons(or 1 part per 20,000 parts),more of a profitable snake oil pitch than anything else.
Quiksilver
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93 Conoco when available. 104 for the track.
lankeeyankee
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Due to the media brain washing fuel octane ignorant people in to believing higher octane is better it actually burns dirtier in lower compression engines (-11:1.1)
SLEEPERBUSA
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Great question, I know certain brands use more additives such as Chevron w/ their patented Techron, thus claiming better cleaning/build up prevention. Maybe it's to make us feel better about paying more for their brand.
I can tell you that Techron is the real deal, and both Chevron and Texaco put it in all 3 levels of their gasoline.
It's seriously a great fuel system cleaner.
Techron is a very effective solvent made to mix with gasoline. Seafoam has a lot of mineral oil in it and as such can perform some clean up but not near the level of the techron. Pouring oil into an intake in any fashion is not helpng your engine. It is not made to have oil put into the fuel intake system. Shell and Chevron along with Mobil put extra cleaners into their premium gasoline. Shell is a Top Tier gasoline with 5 times the cleaner that they put into the regular gas. You can drive your engine clean if you want to. The stuff really works. If you have any of these stations near you, you should use the premium and take advantage of the cleaners in the gasoline. The bikes will run very good after they are cleaned up. Good luck and ride it like you stole it!
Poppy
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Short and sweet.....lots of additional information out there. I run "regular" in my '02.
http://mn.gov/commerce/weights-and-measures/images/OctaneFacts.pdf
http://mn.gov/commerce/weights-and-measures/images/OctaneFacts.pdf
SLEEPERBUSA
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Educated post right here.
Don't forget to add Texaco to the list that has Techron in it.
cheferman65
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Octane is octane, being pure gas and not a up to 10% ethanol version makes no difference. Where ethanol hurts is the moisture or water vapor it creates.
Quicker Gixxer
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Learn something new everyday here...thanks.
Boosa Barry
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Well who could forget the stickers they put on the gas tank that take an electric belt sander to remove! If you bought your bike new like I did it says on the sticker as well in the manual to use 90 octane or higher. The octane rating is basically referring to the speed at which the fuel is burned through the engine. Any sport bike with high compression that revs as high as they do will need the premium gas. I guess if you never take your engine above 5000 RPM's it may not matter as much but really? Besides even at lower RPM's the engine could still nock and that ain't the best for your engine. The extra 20 cents per gallon really isn't worth the risk.
Fuel and Beer
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GENII 92 - 93 Octane with 1oz of sea foam on a regular bases to help with the (ethanol.)
It seems a lot of people out the use SeaFoam..... I put sea foam in my car once and if fouled the spark plugs and the spark plug wires.... my car also was mis-firing and lost a ton of power and gas milage, my car couldn't even climb a hill after putting SeaFoam thru the brake booster hose as recommended in the instructions..I knew the Seafoam messed something up but could not figure out what it was...I drove around for a month with a messed up car, finally i changed the plugs and wires and it drove normal again... I will never use SeaFoam again...
If you google and read some of the reviews on SeaFoam you will know what i'm talking about..
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