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What type of gas do you run?
05-23-2002, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by The Blue Bomber' date='May 23 2002, 04:48 PM
damn. i didn't know this much about gas. i run 87 all te time b/c i'm poor but oxygenation and ethanol damn.
05-23-2002, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 13BAce' date='May 23 2002, 04:01 PM
[quote name='The Blue Bomber' date='May 23 2002, 04:48 PM']damn. i didn't know this much about gas. i run 87 all te time b/c i'm poor but oxygenation and ethanol damn.
thats what i thought. i've heard that lower octane gas releases its energy quicker and therefore is better for engines with notso much compression like n/a motors under a 10:1 comp ratio or somthing like that. but b/c it releases its energy quicker with higher compression it tends to detonate
05-23-2002, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by The Blue Bomber' date='May 23 2002, 07:06 PM
[quote name='13BAce' date='May 23 2002, 04:01 PM'][quote name='The Blue Bomber' date='May 23 2002, 04:48 PM']damn. i didn't know this much about gas. i run 87 all te time b/c i'm poor but oxygenation and ethanol damn.
thats what i thought. i've heard that lower octane gas releases its energy quicker and therefore is better for engines with notso much compression like n/a motors under a 10:1 comp ratio or somthing like that. but b/c it releases its energy quicker with higher compression it tends to detonate[/quote]
Yeah, you've got the idea.
05-23-2002, 07:41 PM
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ethanol tends to dry out seals over time. I'm not sure how bad it is for rotary engines nor do I really wish to find out...alltho I'm sure as this is an Iowa car it's been on it most it's life.
Ethanol is bad news on old Air Cooled VW's tho.
Ethanol is bad news on old Air Cooled VW's tho.
05-23-2002, 07:46 PM
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Freakin Iowans...if they're not putting corn in something, they're putting pork in it. Someone was talking about pork tacos the other day...and don't forget the pork expo, or whatever the hell they're having at the fairgrounds.
05-23-2002, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotarydragon' date='May 23 2002, 09:41 PM
ethanol tends to dry out seals over time. I'm not sure how bad it is for rotary engines nor do I really wish to find out...alltho I'm sure as this is an Iowa car it's been on it most it's life.
Ethanol is bad news on old Air Cooled VW's tho.
Ethanol is bad news on old Air Cooled VW's tho.