Racing Fuel Prices

[WILMASBOYL78]

I haven't bought any in awhile...local dealer doesn't have any...last time I got some av gas.

But, home heating oil is a killer...truck was here this week...$3.79/gallon.

Time to fire up the wood stove...

[1967 4K]

Just filled my 02 Camaro with Shell 93 Oct. @ $4.44 a gallon. Been looking for some gas without Ethanol for the grandkids dirt bikes and go carts. None to be found in my area.

[useless tony]

A friend just bought 5 gals of race fuel for his sons dirt bike (Ontario Canada) and paid $202.

Ethanol free gas can't be found at the pumps here anymore. The pumps used to have stickers stating the mix but the stickers are now gone. I did some Googling and yup, no longer available in Ontario Canada. Apparently you 'might' be able to find some at a marina.

[SuperNovaSS]

Over $40 a gallon and paid it???! Am I understanding correctly?

Jason

[chevyman0429]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Mike, it's the Shell station at 11 and Little Mack in SCS.

Thanks Tony looks like ill be heading over there very soon!

[JRSully]

That is an additional benefit to AvGas, the stuff lasts a long long time

[useless tony]

Originally Posted by SuperNovaSS

Over $40 a gallon and paid it???! Am I understanding correctly?

Jason

Yes, paid it.

The father is not mechanically inclined. The kid (15) just finished rebuilding the bike himself and, as kids do if they don't have good guidance (or any guidance), he went with "all the stuff I need to be the fastest" which apparently included a very high-compression piston.

Interestingly ... friends of my wife's family have been racing (with the OCMC here in Ontario Canada) for decades. The wife and I went to one of those races this summer and I actually commented to D (the racer) that I was surprised I didn't smell any race fuel. "Oh, no one uses that here, we just race for fun. We run pump fuel". So, here's a real racer (his son races too) and all the other people at that track/event NOT using or needing race fuel and then there's this 15 year old (who isn't made of money) "needing" high compression and race fuel when he has absolutely ZERO experience riding a dirt bike in competition and very little experience riding trails. As mentioned earlier, D has been riding for decades and his son (23) has been riding since the age of 5. My friends son doesn't stand a chance out in real competition, high-compression or otherwise.

Unfortunately I completely understand what happened here as I have personally made WAY TOO many costly or stupid mistakes myself when I was an un-guided youngster when it came to cars and performance.

[GrumpyJeff]

Originally Posted by napa68

Been using 100LL in the L88. Plugs look great with 40 degrees of timing locked.........and it's only $5.67 gal!

Yep less than $6.00 a gallon here too . And now I'm able to pump it directly into the car insted of having fill 5gallon jugs

[Pro Stock John]

I have my '67 tuned to race on E85, the poor man's race fuel.

[Jeffboi12]

I got 4.599$ from costco gas