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"Racing" Fuel


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A local Citgo gas station has started selling what they refer to as Racing Fuel. It has 97 and 101 Octane rating. I was wondering if anyone else has seen this at a local gas station. Also would this be good in/for the 996 GT3?

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You can buy race fuel (96 and 100) at some 76 stations. If you go to the 76 web site (probably also the citgo site) you can usually do a search to find which stations carry it (sunoco too maybe). You can also buy race fuel at most race tracks.

Is it worth it for a car that is used primarily on the street? No. You will not notice the increased performance under normal every day legal street driving. It is certainly not worth the 2x price differential. You can certainly use it but you are basically blowing $$$ out the tail pipe.

I think that the reasons some stations carry it are that 1) there is a local demand for it, modified cars, street racers, etc. 2) there are a lot of people with track cars in the neighborhood who buy fuel for the track (cheaper than buying it at the track) 3) profit (of the $.20 differential between regular and super it has been reported the $.08 is manufacturing cost, the rest is profit. I leave it up to you to guess how much of the $2-3 premium for race fuel is profit).

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You can buy race fuel (96 and 100) at some 76 stations.  If you go to the 76 web site (probably also the citgo site) you can usually do a search to find which stations carry it (sunoco too maybe).  You can also buy race fuel at most race tracks.

Is it worth it for a car that is used primarily on the street?  No.  You will not notice the increased performance under normal every day legal street driving.  It is certainly not worth the 2x price differential.  You can certainly use it but you are basically blowing $$$ out the tail pipe.

I think that the reasons some stations carry it are that 1) there is a local demand for it, modified cars, street racers, etc. 2) there are a lot of people with track cars in the neighborhood who buy fuel for the track (cheaper than buying it at the track) 3) profit (of the $.20 differential between regular and super it has been reported the $.08 is manufacturing cost, the rest is profit.  I leave it up to you to guess how much of the $2-3 premium for race fuel is profit).

Thanks.

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