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lkstaack
04-06-2003, 11:50 AM
Does anyone know of a gas station in the Kansas City area that sells 93 octane gas? Thanks.
Andrew_KC
04-06-2003, 11:58 AM
ikstaak, check with BPSCM3 on dtm ..... i have been to some places that have high octane racing gas in KC but cant remember for the life of me exactly where they aret .....
Patrick33
04-07-2003, 10:14 PM
they dont have 93 in KC? They dont have 91 here in stl. They have 87 89 and 93.
lkstaack
04-07-2003, 10:18 PM
Go ahead, rub it in.

Well, I don't know if KC has 93. They don't have it where I live.
ICTBMW
04-13-2003, 10:02 PM
Lately I have heard a lot info on gasoline octance, cnn/petroleum institute. They says all grades or essentially the same! :dunno so don't buy exspensive one :az: . I'm still a skeptic of that, but here in Wichita, there is like only one gas station with 93 octance.
shadowpuck
04-14-2003, 11:07 AM
Originally posted by Duy325is
Lately I have heard a lot info on gasoline octance, cnn/petroleum institute. They says all grades or essentially the same! :dunno so don't buy exspensive one :az: . I'm still a skeptic of that, but here in Wichita, there is like only one gas station with 93 octance.

Here's a link to the most recent story about this - http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/classifieds/automotive/5597171.htm

There's an interesting comment in there from BMW basically saying they still recommend premium gas - no big surprise.

To me, it would appear that the moral of the story is use whatever level of octane which does not cause your car to knock....

:dunno
BP SCM3
04-17-2003, 11:29 AM
CITGO on Johnson Drive (about 3 blocks east of Metcalf) sells 100 octane at the pump. Another place on SW Boulevard sells higher octanes but I don't know the name.
lkstaack
04-17-2003, 12:00 PM
Originally posted by BP SCM3
CITGO on Johnson Drive (about 3 blocks east of Metcalf) sells 100 octane at the pump. Another place on SW Boulevard sells higher octanes but I don't know the name.

Thanks! I'll try that.

BTW, octane doesn't matter until you get on it. Then BMWs high-compression engines need high octane. The DME will retard the timing to keep it from pinging with less-than-93 octane gas, but then performance suffers.