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03-03-2007, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ft Walton Beach, Fl.
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Name : Mark Dalton
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Chevron or Texaco, gotta have the techron additive. 
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03-03-2007, 06:37 PM
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Location: Auburndale, FL
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I use...
 A name brand, Mobile, Sunoco, Shell or BP, 91 or better, typically 93 octane.
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Quietly, quietly, quietly making noise. 
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03-03-2007, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Lehigh Acres
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Super unleaded and usually Sunoco or Chevron but the Hess is also an option. No fuel gauge problems here yet, knock wood!
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Pretty much stock
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03-04-2007, 01:00 AM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Crawfordville, FL
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Name : Rich Zuchowski
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Oh yeah! I always use the 93 octane.
Back in the olden days, I actually did an informal comparison of all the brands of gasoline in my '66 GTO. By far, the BEST in both performance and mileage was the Sunoco 260 of that time. And yes, the brand of gasoline DID make a difference.
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03-04-2007, 07:36 AM
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Wassup!!!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Weirsdale Florida (Lady Lake area)
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Oh,
We do use the 93 Octane in both Vettes though. 
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03-04-2007, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ft. Myers, Fl.
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Originally Posted by Rich Z
Oh yeah! I always use the 93 octane.
Back in the olden days, I actually did an informal comparison of all the brands of gasoline in my '66 GTO. By far, the BEST in both performance and mileage was the Sunoco 260 of that time. And yes, the brand of gasoline DID make a difference.
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Rich,
That is exactly how I became an habitual user of Sunoco. The station near me in Maryland just last year stopped selling their 94 octane, which I used all of the time in the '69. The '01 and the '04 always get 93 octane.
Rich
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03-04-2007, 12:28 PM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Crawfordville, FL
Posts: 15,134
Name : Rich Zuchowski
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There are a couple of Sunoco stations around here, but not many at all, otherwise I probably would use their gasoline, maybe. Not sure about the Techron issue though.
When I was a kid, my dad owned and Esso station (which became Exxon), and my uncle owned a Shell station. Just used those gasolines out of habit until I got into the high performance kick. Of course that was back in the time when lead was added to gasoline to prevent knock anyway, so people could use lower octane gas in their cars.
Funny.... Lead is known to cause some severe neurological problems when people are exposed to it. I guess you have to wonder how much effect breathing in lead laced exhaust fumes over decades has had on us older folks.  Not to mention all that asbestos from brake linings..... Heck, I can remember working at my dad's station and watching the mechanics doing brake jobs. They would just pull the drums, then take an air hose to blow out all that brake dust. NO ONE wore face masks or any of that stuff. 
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03-04-2007, 10:07 PM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Paisley, Florida
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I use 93 octane and usually Sunoco or Chevron or BP, all have been good
to the car, and better to the gas guage
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03-05-2007, 08:09 AM
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Road Trip!
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Port Labelle, Florida
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BP or Mobil, never Citgo
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03-06-2007, 10:55 PM
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Bug Killer
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Bradenton, FL.
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Originally Posted by Rich Z
Oh yeah! I always use the 93 octane.
Back in the olden days, I actually did an informal comparison of all the brands of gasoline in my '66 GTO. By far, the BEST in both performance and mileage was the Sunoco 260 of that time. And yes, the brand of gasoline DID make a difference.
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How I long for the old days of Sunoco 260...was that 98 octane?
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