kevden wrote:
I doubt I will convince anyone this is true, especially when shell 93 octane is the most expensive gas out there, just wanted to share what I have found.
I would be one of them. Why? Because my race car uses pump gas and winning and losing can come down to 1 thousand of a second. I have used race gas, Shell, Chevron and countless off brands. The proven time slip verdict? No discernable difference in power in any of the gas brands I tried on any given day.
The only difference there was, was between straight gas and gas that was E10. The E10 won out by a very, very small margin every time. This makes sense because the more alky that is in the gas the more power it will put out. I would be able the pick up about 15 to 20 HP if I switched to E85 but the fuel system in my car was not, and is not set up to handle this fuel. Also where I live E85 is just not readily available where I live.
I also work in a building where the weights and measures are done for the county I live in. I personally know the guy that does the tests in stations around the county for octane. The last time I talked to him about this some off brand won the octane war by 1.5 points over the minimum. Now this was only one test but all brands were on the money or over for octane.
They say in the racing game that you can not feel a power gain unless it's about 10 HP or more. I agree with this statement. What you are saying is VPower will gain you over 10 HP. I say that is impossible unless the Vpower you are getting has a whole hell of a lot of alkie in it. If that's the case you would see a big loss in mileage over other brands.
