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[โ€“] rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Race gas is not super spicy gasoline

The higher the octane, the less flammable it is

Not to further fuel the learned terrorists, but race gas generally isn't gasoline, like your first statement. I don't think any racing orgs allow pure alcohol anymore in the US, but some related form or nitromethane. Anyway, none of this belongs in a regular car, either ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

[โ€“] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I assumed it was just very high octane, often available at stations near race tracks. Regular (US system at sea level) is 87, premium is 93, "race" is 105-110. Could be used in dedicated race cars or ones set up to be retuned on site at the track

or ones set up to be retuned on site at the track

I ignored this excellent point. Definitely lots of folks who have street legal vehicles (or race in street legal circuits) that have to run gasoline and tune for that. Thanks for pointing it out ๐Ÿ™‚

And it really depends on the kind of racing you're doing.