Since this seems to be such a hot topic lately I thought I would ask. What brand, grade, octane, and price per gallon? Also include your home city for referrence!

I use only Texaco 92 Octane and am paying between $1.64- $1.68 per gallon. Really eats up the pocket book with 37 gallon capacity!

Thanks,

Neal Coppola
Las Vegas, NV

------------------
'94 F-150, 4.9 6cyl., K&N FIPK, Mangecor 8mm wires. Gibson 3" Side Swept, MSD Blaster Coil, superchip. Pioneer DEH-P835R Head Unit, Rockford Fosgate 200a1 pushing 2 RF 10" subs, components and another amp will go in when funds are allocated! Est. 200 hp 300ft/lb. Torque! Not bad for a straight 6!! New project: '82 Stang, 351 Windsor, now on jackstands....blew up the rear end, oops!

 

Hey, me too!

I use 93 Octane...mainly BP and Hess which seem to be the best quality gas around here (Harrisburg, Pa). When Im on the road I use Amoco Ultimate 93

Ford Tweaks Engines for Premium Power Payoff
USA Today

Consumer groups insist there is no benefit in using premium fuel if the owner's manual specifies regular. But many Ford, Mercury and Lincoln trucks, and the 1998 Lincoln Town Car that goes on sale in December, have a feature that makes their engines more powerful and improves mileage slightly if you use premium. That's so even though the engines are designed for regular, and advertised poweris obtained using regular. Ford engineers David Amos, Gary Barringer and Gary Brewer came up with the clever gimmick brainstorming. The magic gadget is a knock sensor similar to those on many engines, but set to work differently. Other knock sensors work in the negative. That is, they tone down some engine computer settings when the engine starts knocking, quelling the commotion at the expense of engine power. But Ford's has headroom built in. It will work like the others, but if you use premium, it'll also step up settings to exploit premium's properties. Amos says it adds five to seven horsepower to the nominal 205 hp in the overhead-camshaft Explorer/Mountaineer V-6. And he says premium improves fuel economy in that engine 0.8 to 1 mile per gallon. Ford can't advertise the higher horsepower and fuel economy numbers unless it's willing to specify premium fuel, which marketers fear could scare off buyers. The sensor also is on all trucks using Ford's 4.6-liter and 5.4-liter V-8s and 6.8-liter V-10. That's most F-series V-8 pickups, all Expedition and Lincoln Navigator sports utilities, and some Econoline vans. And it will be on the 4.6-liter '98 Town Car.



------------------
The Truck: 1997 Black F-150 Flareside. Regular Cab ORP and Towing Package
The Mods: K&N Filter, Eurolid Hard Tonneau and Ford Bug Deflector.
The Site:
Triton's 4.6 Liter Web Page
www.mindspring.com/~acbradley/index.html

 

I use Texaco 92 octane in my 1993 F-150 320/auto and It seems to be fairly good. $1.37 here in Kansas.

I use cheap gas(87 octane whatever) gas in the old ford and it is priced at $1.17.

------------------
Thanks!

1993 F-150 302/e4od/355 Limited slip. dual exhuast w/o mufflers,2 1/4" pipes with Echo Tips, headers, accel plugs/wires(8.6mm)/rotor/cap, hypertech powermodule,5% dark tint. Alpine cd player and Pioneer speakers. I need to get it Dyno Tested and qtr mile times. And someday Ill get picks!!!!!!!!!

1989 F-150 XLT 4x4 302/aod true duals with turbo mufflers, 30X9.50" wild country tires, 3:55 gears w/LS(want after market LS for front) 3" SuperLift would be nice too!

Future SuperDuty owner: But I have it the sheet filled:

F-350 SuperCab Longbed, 4x4, offroad pkg. Powerstroke(Duh!) Auto, 3:73Ls Oxford White with grey bench and VERY dark tinted windows. Maybe someday I can afford 33x12.50 BFG's Mud Terrain! Whatcha Think?

 

HI!... Geeze guys it must be nice to get gas that cheap. Here in WINDSOR,ONTARIO CANADA I get 94 octane and it costs $0.70 a liter, or $2.80 a gallon for you yanks.

------------------
NEAL [ the horsepower freak ] NEWMAN
'99' F-150 XLT SPORT, oxford white, reg cab shortbox stepside,5.4, auto, 4.10L.S, captain's chairs, bedliner, GTS carbon fiber headlight covers, **** CEPECK clear halogen driving lights, GTS slotted tailight covers (painted oxford white), FORD locking lug nuts, tinted windows,true duel exhaust with 2.5 inch mandrel bent pipes and FLOWMASTER 3 chamber mufflers with 3' tailpipes exiting before the rear wheel like the LIGHTNING, HELLWIG rear stabalizer bar, AUTOMETER guage pod and tranny temp guage, custom fabricated air intake trac and huge K/N filter, TPS mod, BELLTECH 2-inch rear drop, SUPERCHIP

 

south florida/regular unleaded 1.29 gallon (87 octane)
JOE

------------------
1999XLT,Supercab,Gold,5.4Styleside,Flowmaster#70 Series Catback,Rockford Fosgate 400a4 Amp.MTX-5000 Dual Eight's Sub.
Uniden Radar Detector.
Black Tinted Windows "For That Florida Sun"
corpstop@aol.com
*************************
[HAVE FUN]

 

Here in Toronto, Ontario I pay $0.64 per liter, for Sunoco 89.5 octane. That's $50.00+ to fill my truck. I think I may register a business just to write off my gas expenses.

 

Please remember to post what brand of gasoline you are referring to. I know here in Vegas that the difference between Texaco and Arco can be as much as 30 cents/gallon!! We cannot compare prices unless we can compare quality! Thanks!

 

Texaco 93 octane ranges from 1.39 to 1.43 per gallon in Dallas metro area

 

Sam's Wholesale, Humble, Texas, $1.18.9 for 93 oct., $1.05.9 for 87 oct. This is the only Sam's I know of that has fuel and they just added it, they are 20 to 25 cents less than the area stations, you have to have a Sam's card.

------------------
98 Nascar Edition, Superchip, Airaid, Flowmaster 70 series, bedliner, in bed tool box, Profile bug deflector and window vents, Class III receiver hitch.

 

Seems like it's just my luck that I pay the highest gas prices in the country eh!?
Another good question to add to this would be: Did you notice any MPG increases with your mods? If so, how much and with what mod?
Thanks!

Neal Coppola
Las Vegas

------------------
'94 F-150, 4.9 6cyl., K&N FIPK, Mangecor 8mm wires. Gibson 3" Side Swept, MSD Blaster Coil, superchip. Pioneer DEH-P835R Head Unit, Rockford Fosgate 200a1 pushing 2 RF 10" subs, components and another amp will go in when funds are allocated! Est. 200 hp 300ft/lb. Torque! Not bad for a straight 6!! New project: '82 Stang, 351 Windsor, now on jackstands....blew up the rear end, oops!

 

1.15 87oct.\ 1.25 89oct.\ 1.38 920ct. at diamond shamrock here in tucson

------------------
------------------------- 99 SILVER XLT/REG.CAB/4.2/5SPD/3.55/K&N Airbox Mod/Rhino muffler/Westin Black nerfs and now SuperChiped

 

$1.10 for reqular, $1.26 for premium 91 octance at a local convience store called QuikTrip!
The rest of the joints here in town go up in increments of $0.10. Not sure why QT is different.

------------------
'97 F150 Lariat, Flareside, white/sliver, SC, ORP, 5.4 (FQR), Mods: 305/70/16 GY ATS, AR Baja wheels, dual exhaust, Smittybilt Nerf Bars, Edelbrock IAS Shocks, K&N Filter and Carbon Fiber Bug Gaurd. Rigged the fog lights too.

 

Springfield, VA - 87 - $1.20, 89 - $1.25, 93 - $1.35 regardless of the brand!

Woodbridge, VA - 87 - 1.12, 89 - $1.14, 93 - $1.25 WaWa and Sunoco! Approximate drive - 10 miles! Go figure!

------------------
Paul... :-)
99 F-150 XLT SC Sport, 4.6L, Auto, CC
White, 4X2, Tow Package, CD, K&N Filter
More to come

 

Millboro, VA. Citgo premium 93 octane is now running us $1.27, regular 87 octane is running $1.15 a gallon. So we only pay 12 cents more a gallon for premium right now, and usually it's only 10 cents a gallon more most of the time.

If you get into Northern Virginia, gas prices go up the closer you get to Washington D.C., as a general rule.

------------------
Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com

 

Here in Colorado its 1.29 for 87oct....1.56 91oct Texaco Brand

Still got better milage with out the chip

------------------
97' F150 Lariat S/C long bed 4x4 3:55LS 4.6L auto...SuperChip, 40 series Flowmaster cat back.
Colorado Springs, CO