Yeah I agree and I assume I will use it at the track but not every time... When I am not using it I will be running less boost obviously!

 

You have several options with how crazy you want to get with non-pump fuels. You can go as low as 100 octane or jump up with the big boys to Q16. Either way, they all smell bad.

 

Hahaha. I think I will jump up incrementally and see how the motor handles it... How bad does it smell???

 

the local constabulary will notice if you run it on the street...it is that noticible

 

Could always get some of the grape stuff that they add to the alchy cars! I love that smell because it usually means someones about to go fast

 

Hey Robert are you on S197forum???

Btw, the smell is it a bad smell???

 

You wouldn't notice the smell to much unless your heads under the hood tuning a running car with a carb or if your your just sitting at an idle with the car. The additives are available so you don't burn your eyes while doing so (some people just run it anyways).

And yes I am. Anywhere I am my name is the same.

 

Well I guess eventually I will know the smell...

 

I personally don't care for the smell. Everyone I work with or my customers think i'm crazy for it because they love it. Q16 specifically(I deal with that more than any other race gas) is very sweet smelling, even after its been burned. You can tell when someone is running it but you have to be near the car or the wind has to be blowing your way.

I always did like the smell of diesel though!

 

Hahahaha, well then from what it sounds like I am missing out...

 

Let me put it this way. We saw a little over a 100hp(at the wheels on a Mustang dyno) gain from 91 pump to Q16 with about 8 more psi of boost. Since the wastegate needs to be changed out, we're still not running all the boost we'd like on Q16. Of course, its a COMPLETELY different car and setup, so that's something to keep in mind. But not bad for a 3.0 with a small-ish turbo.

It does get expensive though. $13.75 a gallon is what its going for here.

 

Yeah I kinda figured considering how much colder it burns but those are good numbers... As for the cost I knew it was high but not that high... I mean my dad uses 100 octane for his plane and that stuff keeps climbing as well...

 

Well New Engine FINALLY ORDERED TODAY!!!!!!!!

 

So what motor did you end up ordering??

 

+1, what did you order?

 

Well since no one had the CR I wanted (somewhere b/t 9.0 - 9.3) my best bet was to go with a from the shop that does all my work... They are building a 5.0 302 at a 9.1 CR...

 

I hope they have mod motor experience..... good luck.

 

I completely understand, but they do a build like this on a daily basis... They specialize on american muscle but can do anything... They just got done doing a Twin kit on a gallardo!!! Lets put it this way if I didn't know the and see the quality work they do I wouldn't have gone with them; I would have just sucked it up and gone w/ Brenspeed and there higher CR...

 

In for pictures!

 

Good deal, like I said good luck. Let us know how it turns out.