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Originally Posted by motordavid (Post 765163)

My guess is the engine electronics won't make much of anything over 93 octane rating...
and, interestingly, Sunoco's website has 4 paragraphs of marketing bs, but really says nothing
technical about its "Race Fuel", as in what it is.
Maybe JCL, ard, or another tech knowledgeable can chime in.

I think I would toss in a tank of 89 in our '01 3.0 and put the remainder toward a good wine buy. ;>)
GL, mD

PS...Edit: a couple of interesting links:
"Should I put Race Fuel in my regular car?":

So You Want to Put Sunoco Racing Fuel in Your Street Car

And, Sunoco Race Fuel 101:

A lesson in Racing Fuels 101 - Racing - ESPN

Man thank you for that explanation! That was incredibly useful!

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Originally Posted by JCL (Post 765257)

No chance of running any fuel with that much lead in it on any modern vehicle.

DZ? Doctor Zhivago?

DZ = drop zone . during my skydiving days I carried out various duties one of which was driving a Sherpa van fitted with off road tyres to fetch students who had not understood how to steer a parachute and consequently landed miles from the drop zone usually in muddy fields .