110 octane (cam2)

[Poppa smurf]

I found 3 gas stations in my area that have Cam2 110 octane for 3.50 a gallon. Can you run this in your car with out doing any damage? Its leaded so its not for on road use should you mix it with some 94?

[LateApex]

I know you don't want to use leaded fuel if you have catalytic converters... I'm not sure if it plugs them or coats them, but i'm pretty sure it ruins them...

[tmaler13]

I was told that if we run Race fuel, The O2 sensors will be burned out almost immediattley. hello CEL
-Terry

also, don't you need about a 12:1 compression to run cam 2

[Digital_Boy]

Turbo's as well as high compression, big cammed rumpity-rump V8's like the 100+ octane gasoline.

For leaded, simply remove your cat(s) when running it.

$3.50 is CHEAP for that kind of octane. Hell, there are places here (Union 76's) that sell 108 unleaded race gas for $4 or so a gallon, but there's only 1 or 2 in San Diego county.

[Bottom Feeder]

Running 110 octane leaded gas in a street driven Subaru is a bad idea. A relatively stock car won't show any kind of performance increase unless it's got sky-high compression and really advanced timing. More than likely, it'll feel kind of 'flat'. Your fuel system and O2 sensors won't like the lead, either.

[TOMMY B]

Bottom Feeder,

I'm From Mahopac,

Are you in to ralling ??

It would be cool to talk some subaru talk with you ..............

RALLY ON /////////////////////

tommyb@bestweb.net

[Force[FED]]

I do agree with the poster above that stated that 110 octane really won't gain you anything unless you are running higher boost, or higher compression. The 110 will really help prevent any chance of detonation.

But, I have run my DSM (Laser with Big16G) on 116 octane before...and the car had a hi-flow cat AND stock o2 sensors. Will these parts be happy with the leaded 110+ gas? Absolutely not. Will it ruin them immediately? Absolutely not. I ran my Laser several times at Atco, with several gallons of 116. The o2 sensor had 120K miles on it, and worked fine all the time (I know, since I had a digital A/F meter hooked to it...part of my gauges). And my hi-flow cat did not plug up immediately.

As long as you don't run this fuel all the time, and run unleaded most of the time, you should be fine (I state SHOULD, never say always or never). If you don't trust me, talk to any DSM guys that race 1/4...they have been running high leaded fuel for years.

Kev

www.forcefed4.com


PS When my brother SteveS runs his turbod RS at the track, I think he has run the race fuel a few times...no problems (and lots of peace of mind from detonation).

[IMPREZIV]

Where in Mahopac?!?!
You can see where I am from. What car do you drive?
I am in Mahopac EVERY day.
Pete

[remarcable]

If you're concerned about it, you could always fill up halfway with the 110 leaded, and then the other half with premium unleaded.

That would lessen the damage to your O2 sensors/cats.

[Poppa smurf]

I really wasn’t referring to running 110 with out mixing it maybe 2 gallons to 10 plus its just for the day before I go to the track giving it time to get mixed. The track charges 4.50 a gallon for it so I thought I would be better of just mixing it myself. And we used to run it in our Harleys with no ill effects IIRC and I think the compression was 10:1

[Fido]

There's a Cam2 near me, but they sell 104 unleaded

[Bottom Feeder]

Tommy & Pete-
You guys are making me homesick. I've moved down here to VA pretty much permanent-like as of September. They drive sloooow down here...

[Poppa smurf]

I've moved down here to VA pretty much permanent-like as of September. They drive sloooow down here...

Fairfax right? with all the traffic how do you expect to go fast?

[Faraz]

You are always suppose to mix cam2 with reg. fuel.
No cam2 love if you have cats.
In the Rex with 18PSI boost, and all its other goodies the cam2 of 114 oct. at $4.50gal ...made a nice difference i thought, so did the people driving behind the car!

[Bottom Feeder]

Poppa smurf-
Yeah, there's traffic around here. Lots of it. The people here just do it to themselves. No one seems to understand the rules of the road, both written and unwritten.
And I thought I drove a little 'offensively' in New York. I'm surprised I haven't been arrested for doing some of the things I do in traffic around here in order to get the hell away from these morons and get to where I'm trying to go. I must be one of the few people in this country who actually read the chapter in the book that said 'cruise in the right lane, pass in the left lane'. And that's only one of the many gripes I have.
Driving isn't hard, people. It's amazing how many drivers just don't get how 'it' works.

[makka]

hey - san diego drivers are the same way.... they drive horizontally.... one row across all four lanes of the freeway. i just don't get it sometimes.... and usually the slow lane will open up first, and for some reason it has become the fast lane.

digital_boy - where are the stations that carry the high octane gas? i need to find some.... and they're unleaded rite?

thanks,
mak