C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

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C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

Post by Patrick Roth » Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:40 pm

It's been a while since the last activity on this forum so I'm hoping to start a little debate. What are people using for fuel? Straight C12? Straight MS98? Or a mix?

When I ran a 99 cylinder, I used straight MS98. I never had any issues from leaning out the main jet.

Now that I run a 01 cylinder, I am mixing 50/50 MS98/C12. I started out with straight MS98 and I never had any issues but was always cautious in pushing the limit. I tried running straight C12 but the spark plug had a bunch of deposits and couldn't get it to burn very clean (albeit I didn't tinker with it too much). It's my understanding the best ratio is the lowest octane that doesn't detonate and am curious if others have found the "magical" mix ratio? 50/50 is convenient to deal with, but in speaking with others it sounds like several are running less C12 (ex: 1-2 gal C12 to 3-4 gal MS98).

For what it's worth, my fastest lap times were when I was running straight MS98 (01 cylinder) but I'm hesitant to chalk this up to the fuel...

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Re: C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

Post by Jean Michel Gaston » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:52 am

straight 98 for me. No issues. I'm slow, don't listen to me

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Re: C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

Post by Patrick Roth » Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:11 pm

Ha!!!

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Re: C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

Post by david mckee » Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:29 pm

I hear coconut oil works real well ! ;)
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Re: C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

Post by Harry Ramirez » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:58 am

Aha, coconut oil!

Running straight C12 with 0 issues regarding detonation or spark plug deposits. When we run too lean there's no damage, just performance issues.

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Re: C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

Post by Scott Boone » Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:22 pm

c12 for sure. you can get same power from both without the fear and cost of detonation.

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Re: C12 vs MS98 vs Mix?

Post by Brad Johnson » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:44 pm

If the club sticks with SKUSA rules, they've changed the spec fuel to C12 only. No more option.

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