Gasoline Price Range

[Mr70]

I called Vogel products & asked why their prices haven't come down now,as local gas station prices have,because their still asking for roughly $45 a gal.depending on how many you order.
They said they bought mass quanties of product at last Falls extraordinary prices is why...huh?
They sell a great product being both an Octane boost & Lead additive for us running soft seats,but that just doesn't make typical business sense to me.
I guess they can because they don't have any similar competition to have a price war against..

[69Tom]

I know this is about gas prices, but I was wondering if I could ask more about the Max Lead 2000.

In my COPO 427 engine, what octane should I shoot for? Because 12oz of ML2000 will put me at somewhere around 100 octane. If you add 48oz per tank (to get just over 103 octane), if you're averaging out the cost of a gallon, it's obviously going to be much more than what's been stated.

Just wondering "what's enough"?

[x Baldwin Motion]

2.69 for 93!? today. never saw 93 at that station before. chevelle didn't really notice, it was so happy to get that 30 degree air

[Chevy454]

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I know this is about gas prices, but I was wondering if I could ask more about the Max Lead 2000.

In my COPO 427 engine, what octane should I shoot for? Because 12oz of ML2000 will put me at somewhere around 100 octane. If you add 48oz per tank (to get just over 103 octane), if you're averaging out the cost of a gallon, it's obviously going to be much more than what's been stated.

Just wondering "what's enough"?

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Any idea of exactly what the specs are in your engine? Reason I ask is, "advertised" specs are generally *way* different than "actual" specs once you get out the cc kit...and compression on a typical L72 can be anywhere from high 9:1 to over 12:1 using the exact same part #s, depending on whether the block/heads have been cut, correct piston dome, head gasket height, etc, etc...we rebuilt an L72 one time, used all factory parts, left block alone but just cleaned up the head surface and stuck in the correct TRWs with the .038" FelPro, and it came in at a *whopping* 10.2:1...we ran that thing on straight premium fuel except for the hottest of hot days when we'd add a splash of 110. Our current L72, however, has a little more *pop* to it and requires the good stuff...

[69Tom]

Thanks for the reply, Rob.

Well, I haven't had the block boiled and checked by a machine shop yet, but as far as I could tell, it doesn't need an overbore. I'll probably put a new cam in it. Hopefully I can use the original TRWs again. I hope to keep it to stock configuration. It's an MQ code engine, so I figure it's worth doing so. Plus, that's enough power for me.

I didn't realize it would run fine on straight premium. That's good to know.

[Chevy454]

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I didn't realize it would run fine on straight premium. That's good to know.

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It's definitely possible, and often times will perform better, assuming you've not made some serious cuts on the deck or the heads and you're running the short "stock" TRWs...just check for detonation, or if you want a little breathing room add a splash of 110 or better.

[njsteve]

I saw $1.95 Diesel in Newark, NJ today. First time in 5 years it was lower than the premium gas price ($1.97).

[Chevy454]

We had regular & diesel both at $1.79 here last week, which means they were both $1.5x [or cheaper] just east & west of us in southern Missouri.

Diesel was cheaper than regular when we bought our Duramax a few years ago, so we thought we'd be ahead of the game, then within 6 months it jumped up to over .50 more and has been at least that much higher ever since...with it now on par with regular, it makes me wanna get it out of the shop and start putting miles on it again!