What fuel you guys pumping in?

[FDDreamer]

yeah v v true...sure the test was probably done in a nova/corsa/saxo anyway!

[yonner]

http://www.motorshack.com/acatalog/113_High_Octane_Racing_Fuel.html


have fun

[FDDreamer]

Hey! thanks for that! some good value fuel there. think the large container holds 247 litres (it is gallons x9 /2, right?) and it works out at £1.37 per litre. too bad it\'s probably the size of my house!even the smallest container is almost half the price of the 76 racing product, and has a higher RON.

also 113 is kinda overkill, anyone know if you could mix it with super unleaded? would that work ok? might be the best method, still be 100+ RON (i think) and work out pretty reasonably, all things considered.

or would that lead to some problems further down the line?

[muzzyd]

I have been using rf102 (possibly 102-104 octane), also believe that you can set up an account with shell to have higher than pump rated fuel delivered to you.  Think you can get the rf102 fom anyone that does the rallies, it runs very very well in the rx, only problem is that it costs around £2.50 per litre but shell do a similar one around 102 octane for less.

[FDDreamer]

Really? Never knew shell offered any services like that, although like you said £2.50 is kinda expensive, paired with the good ol\' mpg figures i think it might well bankrupt me!

[muzzyd]

Originally posted by FDDreamer
Really? Never knew shell offered any services like that, although like you said £2.50 is kinda expensive, paired with the good ol\' mpg figures i think it might well bankrupt me!

If you contact shell direct you can set up an account, I think gleaner can stock it and deliver it for you as well.  Still hunting for competitive prices myself.  Will put up a post if I find any.  Only reason I stumbled across shell was a local garage owner does rallying and picks up a few 50litre drums every weekend.  Put an order in with him and he drops them off for me

[FDDreamer]

Thanks, i\'d appreciate it. Did you get a chance to have a look at the site yonner posted? seems like very good value to me, but i\'m not too experienced with all this!

[andyrose]

Whilst looking around the stands at Santa Pod at the weekend I picked up a card from an outfit who sells various octane fuels.
Can\'t remember exactly but they ranged from 100 to 118 ron
Price for 113-114 was £54 for 5 gallons (included VAT)
I will bring their card in tomorrow and post details for everyone.

Top racing at the pod - saw a couple of 300mph+ (sub 5 sec) runs
by the top fuelers. (my ears are still ringing)!

AndyR

[GaryS]

Originally posted by andyrose
Whilst looking around the stands at Santa Pod at the weekend I picked up a card from an outfit who sells various octane fuels.
Can\'t remember exactly but they ranged from 100 to 118 ron
Price for 113-114 was £54 for 5 gallons (included VAT)
I will bring their card in tomorrow and post details for everyone.

Top racing at the pod - saw a couple of 300mph+ (sub 5 sec) runs
by the top fuelers. (my ears are still ringing)!

AndyR

Was that lead free ? - hmm £10 per gallon, time to get a dataloggit and look at several sets of maps ^^

[FDDreamer]

Cool, look forward to the details! Sounds like a good day out too!

[andyrose]

I found the details but its as per previous post
//www.Motorshack.com
AndyR

You can\'t beat the sound of two top fuelers (circa 7000bhp each)
The Shoeboxes (57 Chevy\'s aka Grease style) hitting 215mph in 6.5secs running about 10,000rpm across the line - wow
(they do have 12.5 Litre engines with either a blower or Nos running on Methanol)

[FDDreamer]

OK, cheers for that. Does look like a good site.

Must have been spectacular...215mph in 6.5 seconds? Really? That\'s ridiculous, i was reading about the HKS R33 which does 8-second quarters, and a term speed of 188mph. Thought that wouldn\'t be beaten...oh well, victory to the shoebox i guess!!  Are they road-legal? Judging from the fuel set-up i\'d guess not, but i was wondering if it was a RWYB event?

Either way, i thought FD mpg was bad...wonder what they return? Bet it costs a fair bit just to fuel a 1/4 mile! Heard on Top Gear that the good ole Charger does 1mpg.

[andyrose]

The Shoeboxe\'s run a twin magneto set up of some sort that allows them to run normal petrol for the burnouts \'lowside\' and then they flick over to the \'Highside\' for running on Methanol.

They all looked road legal with lights, bumpers etc
I know for sure that one of them was road legal (it looked like an El camino pick-up - black with full flames and driven over from Sweden (bet his fuel bill was terrible)

There was no RWYB as it was a proper european drag event.

Commentator said they use about 8-12 gallons of methanol per run! and i bet its a damn sight more that 90p per litre!

AndyR

Might have to create a new thread for this topic!

[FDDreamer]

Probably should do mate, though not sure where it would go! Sounds very scary, parachute stuff!

8-12 GALLONS per run? They must surely have sponsorship deals or something, that\'s crazy. Sounds also like they were road legal, although to be fair I suppose a RWYB event would not be practical as it would probably cost an unimaginable amount to get the cars there!