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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 07:15 PM
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fuel ?

im going to be road racing my evo
im going with a flash...cat back.....drop in air filter....
what fuel should i start out with....
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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 07:19 PM
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Duh, unleaded 93 or 94 if you got it. If in like CA, then 91.
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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Whatever they've got at the tracks you plan on racing at.... Whether it'd be sunoco 100 or something similar... But if you go that route, might as well take advantage and up the boost...
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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 08:26 PM
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save some cash, go for the 87
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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do not run anything than premium fuel in the evo, and if you still have stock injectors DO NOT run race fuel. you will trash the internals of your injectors.
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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Race gas is fine in my car and I am running stock injectors.
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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I've run a mix of 104 and 93 for a while now, and I've had no problems. If you're not going to be able to adjust the flash for track and street use, I'd just tune it for the best stuff you can keep in your car all the time.
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 11:57 AM
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even though you dont notice it, the factory injectors cant handle race gas through them
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sabastian458
even though you dont notice it, the factory injectors cant handle race gas through them
why?
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by sabastian458
even though you dont notice it, the factory injectors cant handle race gas through them
why can't they
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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I'm not saying they won't handle it, but I've run race gas in many unmodified cars (including the Evo, although not pure race gas) and haven't ever had any problems. Some have had pure race, some not...but I'd be curious as to why they can't (or at least the philosophy as to why you believe they can't.) Hopefully I'm not coming across as a jerk, as I would like to know (I always like to learn something new.)
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:27 PM
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I don't think he knows. He is probably posting something he heard somewhere.
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverCOEvo
coming across as a jerk
A ha
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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I don't think he knows. He is probably posting something he heard somewhere.
I think I know where he heard this from.
There was an old thread on here some time back about Mitsu voiding warranty on some injectors because of using leaded race gas. According to mitsu race gas leaves some residue that can clog the injectors. Mitsu put out a bulletin to their techs on how to identify if race gas was used(pinkish residue) Of course this is all hearsay.
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Old Feb 15, 2005 | 09:21 PM
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Sounds like cheap race gas that uses I think what is called MMTs. Use something good like C16 and you won't have to worry about that. Just use something that doesn't use MMT to raise the octane.
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