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Old 05-14-2015 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by frickstyle
Put a tank of it in the ZO6, seems to run fine all the way to redline.

Rob, most of it comes from the Canton refinery. Also, a Large Marathon refinery in Detroit, a lot of supply, they sell to other outfits. Not sure if Lima refinery does the same???
Kind of like car and boat batteries then. Example: Company calls their spec in and the recipe is adjusted accordingly, good to know. Phragle, what is the better fuel for boats and hi performance cars? I don't know too much about the blends and recipes.
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Old 05-14-2015 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by VoodooRob
Around here, Northcoast Ohio, Marathon trucks fill the Speedway tanks, FWIW.
Marathon owns Speedway. It's kind of Marathon's "discount" division.
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Old 05-14-2015 | 09:11 AM
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phragle is correct... 100%. it's all the same base gas. truck pulls up - puts their company blend code in, and it mixes additives in as it is filling truck.
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Old 05-14-2015 | 09:15 AM
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Outside of blending, It's the condition of the tanks, filters, and 'refresh rate' of each gas station more than anything.

That said, god I miss the Sunoco 94 .
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Old 05-14-2015 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by PigNaPoke
phragle is correct... 100%. it's all the same base gas. truck pulls up - puts their company blend code in, and it mixes additives in as it is filling truck.
Is the fuel different quality between a Marathon and Speedway station?
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Old 05-14-2015 | 01:26 PM
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Top Tier gas stations:

http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers.html
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Old 05-14-2015 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by VoodooRob
Is the fuel different quality between a Marathon and Speedway station?
Not sure what constitutes "quality", but I don't believe they get the same additive blend.
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Old 05-14-2015 | 02:31 PM
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I run Speedway all the time...its the only station in my 'hood that is big enough to fit the boat! Never had an issue. Station I go to WAS a Gas City until Speedway bought them out 3 or 4 years ago...
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Old 05-14-2015 | 05:36 PM
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Long ago in Michigan there was a chain of Speedway 79 gas stations which Marahon bought. Suposedly the 79 stood for the octane rating back then.
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Old 05-14-2015 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SB
Outside of blending, It's the condition of the tanks, filters, and 'refresh rate' of each gas station more than anything.

That said, god I miss the Sunoco 94 .
i remember sunoco 260 was 108 octane paying 29 cents a gal for my hemi gtx back in the day geez how old am i ,,,LOL
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