Re: Ethanol vs premium

[Dale]

I been reading these post for quite a while now. Finally decided to sign up and get into the thick of things. I had to get my two cents in on this gas question. I cut my teeth with two cycles on the race track over 40 years ago. Believe me it was a learning process. Seized pistons, holed pistons, broken internal parts I did’em all. We learned right away that higher octane always ran cooler. Down side was carbon build up. Loosing a race because of a piece of carbon across the spark plug gaps happen too often. Cause was lead in the gas. Unleaded came out and we were leary that lower octane was gonna hurt us, but carbon buildup went down, motors ran cleaner and that helped us. Then alcohol came along we were concerned about that. I ran a alki-twocycle one season. Big learning process and we never learned how to make it work like it should. We did learn to keep the water away from our fuel! Alcohol in the gas at concentrations of 10% is not a bad thing. Yes I said that! It is when the alcohol becomes loaded with water that problems occur. I like to buy my gas at the busiest gas station I can find. Never at a marina or back woods station. Fresh gas that has not been sitting around is the best you can do for your motors. Condensation builds up on all metals due to temperature changes. That can’t be helped but, it can be minimized if a person gets gas as fresh as he can.

my humble opinion!