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Any ill side affects to running C16 Race gas?

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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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Any ill side affects to running C16 Race gas?

I'm catless, so C16 leaded race gas would not hurt my car in anyway correct?

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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by gl4662
I'm catless, so C16 leaded race gas would not hurt my car in anyway correct?

Thanks.
Leaded race gas will burn out o2 sensors after awhile, or so i'm told.

Other than that nothing
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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How about your wallet?

And it will eat through o2 sensors a lot faster.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Sap12687
How about your wallet?

And it will eat through o2 sensors a lot faster.
+1
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Thanks for the answers!
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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The O2 sensors can take it in moderation. I would not run back-to-back tankfulls or anything like that.

However, if you still have your factory cat in place, that will get destroyed rather quickly on leaded race gas like C16. Make sure you have a test pipe in place if you are going to run leaded race gas like C16.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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You'll probably end up addicted to it, not the car- but you
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 05:57 PM
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Leaded gasoline will definitely destroy O2 sensors. I've had 3 run-ins with this. One guy ran leaded race gas 100% of the time and the O2 died @ 17K miles. Guy #2 ran leaded gas about 60% of the time and his lasted a little over 26k miles. Guy #3 runs leaded about 1/2 the time and his is still going at 42K miles.
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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what he said ^^^^ i ran c-16 in my 90 eclipse all the time i was replacing o2 sensors like oil changes
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 04:22 AM
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make sure your running a straight pipe and buy some spare o2 sensors
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by RoadSpike
Leaded race gas will burn out o2 sensors after awhile, or so i'm told.

Other than that nothing
+1 absolutely burns up O2s, but there's nothing that can be done about that
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by gl4662
Any ill side affects to running C16 Race gas?
it hurts the wallet
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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Buy some C24 +++ that **** is better lol!
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Old Dec 3, 2006 | 08:35 AM
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I ran 110 LEADED in my car for 30,000+ miles strait!! Yes, over thirtythousand miles. I have the front O2/the O2 which goes with my AEM UEGO A/F gauge, and run NO cat. I have NO PROBLEM with either O2 sensor, even after running all that fuel thru the car, for that many miles. (The front O2 is still the stock one with 75K miles on the car) I haven't seen any ill effects, EXCEPT a lighter wallett.
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