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Ethanol sucks. Keep it out of any car you really care about. There are ways to split it out of pump gas (google it). A little anal/labor-intensive, but not absurd for an only occasionally-driven car.

If you want a really good, boost-able blend, use straight (no ethanol) gasoline with a good high octane rating (either 91+ or race gas) and add toluene or xylene. I used to do this in my 951 when I'd turn the boost up and it worked wonderfully. I think the maximum proportion was something like 1 part tol/xyl to 4 parts gas by volume, but I might be getting that wrong.
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