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Here's a good article on modern fuels, the issues for our older cars and some of the things to do to compensate. I think all of these have been talked about, this just brings all this information together. Impact of Today's Fuels on Carbureted Engines

I was running 91/92 octane ethanol free fuel, until i found out that my small local, independently owned grocery store gas station has 87 octane NO ethanol fuel.

They sell A LOT of it. Between the all the small engine people, the ATV/UTV crowd in the summer, and snowmachines in the winter. There is a demand for it, and they are going to keep selling it.

My 327 has no ping, runs just a hair cooler, and overall seems to be happy with it.