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Old Dec 3, 2003
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Sunoco...BP...Shell...or Mobil

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Which one is the best among Sunoco...BP...Shell...or Mobil of the top grade fuel?

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I think Shell is the top, followed by Mobil1, then BP and Sunoco.

In my area there is no Sunoco.
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On the other hand gas is gas it just depends what types of additives are added. I heard Shell gas has the most cleaning agents and other additives added.
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My dad used to design oil refineries for Exxon... he swears by them.
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For Race fuel, sunco all the way. (Thats what they specilize in) I'd suggest their GT100 Unleaded (100 octane) or theier GT Plus Unleaded (104 octane). However these High octane fules are pretty useless unless the engine is making enough compression for them........

Oh, and if you dont have a cat, they have severel Leaded fuels rated at 110,112 and 116 octane.


Oh, for those guys runnin Nitrous Oxide, Sunco has a gas specificly formulated to work with that. their Supreme N.O.S. Fuel, rated at 117 octane

They also make Racing Alcohol too.


So for Racing aplications Sunco is the only way to go.

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Shell all the way for me. I wouldn't put anything else in unless it was a "have to" situation.
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What do you thin Mobil...I think Mobil is the best
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Mobil is a good non-synthetic oil if you are cheap.
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how about the gasoline...
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My gas and oil is done by Shell, Shell gas and Pennzoil (Shell) non-synthetic oil. Pennzoil is Shell baby and you should see my dad's study with all his Shell items from work.
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Actually, the techron added in Chevron fuels make the burn more effecient and is better for the engine. I have family that works for Conoco, and they say that in small displacment engines they only use Chevron, even though they get the conoco for 1/2 off because Chevron is so much better quality gas, especially on high compression motors.
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i also use chevron w/ techron
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All of the auto manufactures use Chevron Supreme in their cars for EPA emissions, milage, and horsepower tests. So I would have to say go with Chevron
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I use BP myself. Not sure it is the best in the world, but it is the most conveintent place to go.
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i only use sunoco
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All the oils are from the same supplier, and the same transport truck and mostly all the same delivery up until they are distributed to shell, bp, mobil, sunoco...then each company do their special stuff to make things.. basically the same... burn gas..

it's a matter of personal choice and cheap prices... and airmiles...points..
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Originally posted by ponyman
All of the auto manufactures use Chevron Supreme in their cars for EPA emissions, milage, and horsepower tests. So I would have to say go with Chevron
For sure, my friend wh ois into major AutoX with his CRX swears by chevron, he gets the best response out of it
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I use nothing but Sunoco ultra 94.
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we don't even have Sunoco down south
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Originally posted by RiceBuRNeR
I use nothing but Sunoco ultra 94.
I used to but they down-graded to 93 up here, but Sunoco is all I use, the highest octane.
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Its good fuel but damn its expensive $1.84/gal.
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never heard of Sunoco.....I use Phillips 66 or BP, there are BP's on every corner here.
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you guys dont need premium ... our cars a tuned to run on 87 .. so 89 is the most really
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go CONCO
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i hit up one of the local BP's. best prices around here.
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Originally posted by cryption
you guys dont need premium ... our cars a tuned to run on 87 .. so 89 is the most really
I have to use premium, 9 psi + 9.9:1 compression = risk of detonation.
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i use mostly 89 octane every once and a while i put 93 in it
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stupid south crap i am stationed here in FL and im from NJ where they have Sunoco which is the best gas and uses the most American owned oil for their gas....now i just get gas on base
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i read an article recently Sunoco is the cleanest fuel out there with approx. 270 p.p.m. per L, cant remember what that stands for. the others have double triple and even quadruple that amount
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