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that all i run in my titan here in town. when driving out of town i am pretty much stuck with what i can find. we have three places nearby that sell non ethanol gas so thats nice but it is a bit more expensive. but its only about 4 dollars more to fill up my half ton using that versus the corn gas so since i don't drink coffee, i figure that about a cup of coffee difference.

i like to put it in the ranger if i am going to town when the ranger needs gas. other wise the ol ranger runs on the corn hole gas
 


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I make sure to run a couple tanks in the Ranger before it gets parked for the winter too.
That's a good idea, especially if the Ranger has a carburetor. I know it's more than half-way thru Winter but it should be stored with ethanol-free fuel in the tank. That'll ensure that when Spring arrives, the truck will be good to go.
 

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That's a good idea, especially if the Ranger has a carburetor. I know it's more than half-way thru Winter but it should be stored with ethanol-free fuel in the tank. That'll ensure that when Spring arrives, the truck will be good to go.
Mine has a carb.
 

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Awhile back I bought a 3/4 full 45gal drum of toluene for $10.00. Now I know what I'm going to do with it....
If you're running toluene in a carb'd engine, you want to drop at least a jet size or the engine will be running rich* and you want a warm day - the fuel does not vaporize easily unless preheated to 70 °C.

*As opposed to Nitromethane which runs lean and you want to increase at least a couple jet sizes. At which point, I take the 5th.
 

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If you're running toluene in a carb'd engine, you want to drop at least a jet size or the engine will be running rich* and you want a warm day - the fuel does not vaporize easily unless preheated to 70 °C.

*As opposed to Nitromethane which runs lean and you want to increase at least a couple jet sizes. At which point, I take the 5th.
Thanks for the info. Always wanting to learn...
Any other gotchas re toluene?
 

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I played more with nitrogenated compounds: nitromethane and/or nitous oxide. If found it easier to disguise their presence (the nitric acid in nitromethane is very hard on exhaust pipes).

But if I remember correctly, being harder to ignite, we ran a bit more ignition lead. It didn't help the wife's '82 Mustang with 8.4:1 compression on her 5.0 as much as it helped the 410 in my F-100 which had 10.5:1 compression. It also ran a bit warmer on exhaust (the 410 has sodium filled exhaust valves).

The 410 liked a 50/50 mix of 100LL/mid grade unleaded best.
 

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