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    So, you want to know how bad SoCal 91 Oct gas is?
    Posted by: EdyJun on 2006-09-01 11:44:27
    Account #: 48484

    Well, after studding logs for many months now I have tired to get better timing. It seems that this is the best I can do on my car.

    -1.5 deg tming ---GIAC X MBC stand alone - NO TDC -- 62 deg - 95 oct - other ECU -FATS = 4.65:


    This is what PSmallsSmells gets:
    Weather=62F, Gas=3/8ths tank of 93 octane Mobil, Boost=~23 PSI tapering to ~21 PSI:



    So, I decided to do some testing on 95 oct gas using Trick 101 oct and SoCal 91 oct to get a blend that is comparable to 93-94 oct gas for the east coast people, keep in mind that we have 91 oct w/ 10% ethanol. My 95 oct blend has some ethanol in it from the 91 SoCal gas.

    I decided to go with 95 oct to better match the 93-94 oct of other states (other states do not have ethanol in their gas).

    Here are my results: (The Lem settings were the same for all runs, except for less than 1% change in primary, I used 2 different GIAC X ECUs as well as reset the ECU via Vag (soft reset) and pulled the ECU.) I finished 3/4 th of the 95 oct gas by the end of my testing. So about 200 miles total.

    page 1 Red - 62 deg - 95 oct - other ECU -FATS = 4.65 - reset ECU
    page 2 Pink - 62 deg - 95 oct - other ECU -FATS = 4.59 - reset ECU
    page 3 Dark Blue- 66 deg - 95 oct - Edy's ECU -FATS = 4.67 - soft reset (Vag Clear)
    page 4 Light Blue - 60 deg - 91 oct - Edy's ECU -FATS = 4.84 - My BEST time on 91 oct

    Intake Air Temp:



    Timing: (You can see that the 95 oct gas has about 5 deg more timing ACROSS THE RPM range than the 91 oct gas)



    CF:


    FATS:


    O2:


    Injectors Duty Cycle: (91 oct needs about 15% more fuel to sustain about the same power)



    You can find my complete detail logs here.

    My conclusion:
    My brew 95 Oct gas has about 5 deg better timing than 91 SoCal gas, and you need ~15% less fuel to sustain the same amount of power.

    I think my blend of 95 oct gas is still not as good as other state's 93-94 oct gas since it still has ethanol, but it is the closest I can match to the 93-94 oct gas.

    For those that are doing competitive FATS compared to the people that are running these 93-94 oct gas, kudos to you.


    Edy

    Discussions ON!


    2000 Audi S4 STG 3
    FATS = 3.66 w/ 91 oct

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