I run 87 in mine also, with no problems. I do add a little Lucas oil (upper cylinder lubrication) to the gas and it runs fine!

 

I think you are right, but I wouldn't run a car engine that was 11:1 on 87, (the GM LS6 is 10.5:1, and spec's 93 Octane) and I know that fuel injection helps alot in newer applications with higher compression, but I feel better running higher octane fuel in it. I'm peculiar about some things, I can't help it.

 

I wrote Chevron about E 10 fuel when it hit my area,(VA).Chevron E10 has a stable shelf life of one year when stored properly. Chevron has the Techron in it,(so does Texaco)-same refineries.

My car sits a lot, no problems in one year of use. I burn about a tank-18 gals-in two months.

For those with problems, I would recommend adding a good fuel filter between the tank and carb-or injectors-so the the filter gums up before the rest.

No experience with E-85.

Chevron-fueltek@chevron.com

 

Yep, it's really bad news.

In my states case it was Dianne Feinstein. a senator. I remember when MTBE first came out, the dumb b#$%#$ch said it was the best thing that happend to air quality. Then when MTBE started to contaminate water supplies around the state she actually got up and stated: Who is responsable for this toxic mess?
Aaaa, you, you dumb b#$%ch. In her case, you can't fix stupid!!!

I just don't get who is stupid enough to vote for her?

 

California has been using MTBE since the late 70s...Don't think she was in office back then. Politicians are not chemists so you have to take what any of them say with a grain of salt. I know she tired to get waivers passed to allow CA to not use it, but don't know how that turned out, or what her prior opinion was. Regardless of the politics, Ethel alcohol is a great substitute for that nasty stuff.

 

I was not talking about the very small amounts they put in the fuel in the 70's when they took out TEL.

Feinstein was elected in the early 90's. This was when they took alky out of the fuel and subsituted MTBE in 10% of the fuel in Kalifornia.

Like I said, they had 10% alky in the fuel in California in the 80's. Then they switched to MTBE. Then when they found out that MTBE was being found in lakes and wells they banned it and went back to alky. We have now had alky in Kalifornia fuel since the early to mid 2000"s.

This link is when Feinstein went on a hate campain against MTBE when found in water systems. Senator Dianne Feinstein - MTBE Before that, she loved it. Go figure?
Wish I could find the link of when she loved it!!

 

That's exactly what my tech said on my carbed 500. He said they set them pretty lean to begin with to meet emission regulations. When I went back to straight gas, the leanness cleared up almost immediately.