Sunoco 260

[DrB]

Remember this gas?  I used to run it in my street racing days...  Oops I mean when I watched those horrible races...and reported the illegal activity to the local authorities.?

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[deputy tom]

I used to pump it. tom.

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[JHB]

I remember it .25 a gallon. My 67 Camaro with a 301 loved it.

[DrB]

2 minutes ago, JHB said:

I remember it .25 a gallon. My 67 Camaro with a 301 loved it.

My 69 Camaro SS 396 loved it also.  I used to break motor mounts on a regular basis. Don't know how they broke only driving the car to church on Sundays.

[Huaco Kid]

I can get the blue gas at the station down the road.

[*OldSchool*]

'Back in the day' (for me) 108 octane Sunoco racing fuel was available for ~$2.50 a gallon.

Discovered it is true that a high compression engine is necessary to take full advantage of higher octane.

If I'd had some money to play with - would have built a 12.5:1 compression engine just for the fuel. Would have been a fun daily driver.

 

 

[DrB]

9 minutes ago, *OldSchool* said:

'Back in the day' (for me) 108 octane Sunoco racing fuel was available for ~$2.50 a gallon.

Discovered it is true that a high compression engine is necessary to take full advantage of higher octane.

If I'd had some money to play with - would have built a 12.5:1 compression engine just for the fuel. Would have been a fun daily driver.

 

 

Yep... 12.5:1 ... Added with a high lift cam and Doug Thorley Headers, Holly 1250 cfm. carb. on a Aluminum Eldelbrock hi rise manifold.  Was hard on starters as well.  We raced for money and the women loved the winers.  The good old days.

Dave..

[DrB]

The headers opened and the blue flames underneath the loping engine. Micky Thompson J70 tires.... I want to go back in time.....

Dave

[DrB]

What are you stories...  Someone besides me must have raced the roads.  My Dad and his brothers did.  He told me some of the stories in his later years before he passed.  Runs in the family....

What you folks got?  Dave..

[jilverthor]

The fuels they still sell:

 

https://www.sunocoracefuels.com/fuels/compare-fuels

 

 I know I can get 260 GT locally, I am guessing the same station sells the others too (Near Bandimere)

Edited August 19, 2018 by jilverthor

[DrB]

11 minutes ago, jilverthor said:

The fuels they still sell:

 

https://www.sunocoracefuels.com/fuels/compare-fuels

 

 I know I can get 260 GT locally, I am guessing the same station sells the others too (Near Bandimere)

Still Leaded fuel?  The smell of leaded high octane leaded gas burning in the morning.. Heaven....

Dave..

[jilverthor]

14 minutes ago, DrB said:

Still Leaded fuel?  The smell of leaded high octane leaded gas burning in the morning.. Heaven....

Dave..

So it isn't the location right next to the track that sells them, but this location is still close:

[jmohme]

5 hours ago, deputy tom said:

I used to pump it. tom.

Me too.

Saturday afternoon was always busy. It was race night at the dirt oval track.

[aomagrat]

I remember when the Sunoco pumps had a dial on them for you to select from about 5 or 6 different grades.

[DWARREN123]

Use to work at a ESSO station then a SUNOCO selling gas and services. Love the way women dress in the hot summer nights!

I was a young fella then.

[janice6]

15 minutes ago, DWARREN123 said:

I use to work at a ESSO station then a SUNOCO selling gas and services. Love the way women dress in the hot summer nights!

I was a young fella then.

I'm told by some friends that worked at gas stations back then, the best part was when they had to check out under the car while the young lady stood alongside the car waiting for their evaluation.

[DrB]

There was a Marathon station here before the days of self serve who had girls in shorts and small tops pumping gas.  They always had lines at the pumps.  So I was told.....

Dave...