Gas shortages and Octane boosters

[G'd up]

Hello fellows. Here is my situation.

Due to the gas shortages in GA i am only able to find Regular 87 octane gas. Sine i always run premium in my G35, my question is can i throw some 87 and a bottle of octane booster into my car to compensate for the ****ty gas.?

[SVTCOBRA]

There was just a thread on octane boosters.http://forums.g35club.org/zerothread/369244

We just got back from the NC mountains in our 05 G35 Sedan and it did fine on 87 octane. I keep reading not so good things about boosters.

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

I don't understand how there are gas shortages

here in Tampa we have plenty of gas and no lines!

[JohnnyE]

Hello fellows. Here is my situation.

Due to the gas shortages in GA i am only able to find Regular 87 octane gas. Sine i always run premium in my G35, my question is can i throw some 87 and a bottle of octane booster into my car to compensate for the ****ty gas.?

Short answer is no. A bottle of octane booster raises a fixed amount of fuel by one point. That's not 87 to 88 octance. One point means 87 to 87.1. You need A LOY of bottles of booster to raise a tank of gas from 87 to 91.

[JohnnyE]

There was just a thread on octane boosters.http://forums.g35club.org/zerothread/369244

We just got back from the NC mountains in our 05 G35 Sedan and it did fine on 87 octane. I keep reading not so good things about boosters.

Yes becuase the increased altitude allows you to get away with lower octane. You can find 86 and even 84 in some places in Denver. Since the air is thinner the engine gets less oxygen and therefore reduces its power output and therefore reduces pinging/knocking/pre-detonation. That's why you can get away with running a lower octane gas.

[telcoman]

Hello fellows. Here is my situation.

Due to the gas shortages in GA i am only able to find Regular 87 octane gas. Sine i always run premium in my G35, my question is can i throw some 87 and a bottle of octane booster into my car to compensate for the ****ty gas.?

No problem here in New Jersey

Last time I drove thru Georgia I filled up with regular because that is all I use.

Telcoman

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

What areas are really having shortages?

DJ

[joe603]

Atlanta is pretty bad...

[SVTCOBRA]

What areas are really having shortages?

DJ

Charlotte NC area has been bad.

[eZg001]

Nashville has been horrible but getting better. Just this past Friday, I had to drive around with a four year old in the back seat looking for premium with the low fuel indicator on. Found some on about the four station I tried. Took me 45 minutes to even find regular a couple weeks ago. It was a freaky feeling.......

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

That Sux! I would have to cut me hands off to prevent me from driving lol

I would be riding my horse to the store and to work!

[Omegamerc]

I didn't know gas shortage was this bad, how are the prices in affected areas? Why IS there a gas shortage?

[Tampa G35 Sedan 6MT]

I guess because I live close to a Big Port we hive Priority to the Gas so we have no problems here!

DJ

[awdjdmtalon]

I live in the SW corner of VA. There is no shortage here. There are some stations w/o fuel. But I think that is due to the owners not getting the tanks refilled.

And gas is almost back down to what it was before TX got flattened.

I payed 3.68 for 93 yesterday.

[Slavik]

I am sure you can use a few tankfulls of regular w/o having any effects at all on your car (other than lower gas milage as it is in my case), no reason to risk getting stuck out of gas with a kid in a car

Nashville has been horrible but getting better. Just this past Friday, I had to drive around with a four year old in the back seat looking for premium with the low fuel indicator on. Found some on about the four station I tried. Took me 45 minutes to even find regular a couple weeks ago. It was a freaky feeling.......

[joe603]

Supposedly its because production was stopped for 4 weeks with back-to-back storms. Most of the southeast gets its gas from pipelines, not trucks. (the trucks only deliver from distribution centers, somewhat locally)