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Old 10-31-2012, 09:58 AM   #1
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Ethanol free gas

There is a place near here that actually has high octane gas WITHOUT ETHANOL!
They call it "racing fuel".
I am thinking about riding over there and trying this out.

I have seen more and more places with signs for selling ethanol free gas.
Is this a sign of the future?
Ethanol has gotta be one of the govts biggest boondoggles they ever came up with!
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Old 10-31-2012, 10:32 AM   #2
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I have seen more and more places with signs for selling ethanol free gas.
Is this a sign of the future?
Ethanol has gotta be one of the govts biggest boondoggles they ever came up with!
I hope so. No ethanol free places by me though...
 
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There is a place near here that actually has high octane gas WITHOUT ETHANOL!
They call it "racing fuel".
I am thinking about riding over there and trying this out.

I have seen more and more places with signs for selling ethanol free gas.
Is this a sign of the future?
Ethanol has gotta be one of the govts biggest boondoggles they ever came up with!
Here is a list of Ethanol-Free gas stations in Florida, in case you want to give them a try:

http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=FL
 
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Old 11-01-2012, 07:28 PM   #4
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Thanks very much for that list of ethanol free gas stations!
I see many of them are Gate and Sunoco.

You know the more I think about this, the more I think that the ethanol is causing many problems, including pinging.
I put some mid grade in today 90 octane along with a small splash of Seafoam, and it does seem to have more "spunk"!
I will surely be looking out for the ethanol free places now.
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