Re: fleecing of automobile owners

["Mike" <lerb@redrose.net>]

The last line does say with a typo IF you can run low do it :) I know not
all cars can But all stock sciroccos could
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan <dan@angband.org>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: fleecing of automobile owners


> On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 04:24:37AM -0700, Mike wrote:
> > Does anyone really know what octane is?  I did a exhausted study on
> >  content and quality of gas. You are probably going to be blown away by
> > what I have found! Octane is shit!!! Octane is nothing more than an inhi
> > bitor to keep gas from exploding as violently and straight gas.
> > Thereforewhen you use higher octane you get less explosion resulting in
> > less burn and as a result you get less HP not more
>
> You did not take something into consideration. Compression ratio. By
> changing the CR, either by altering the combustion chamber volume or by
> addition of a super/turbo charger, you are increasing the thermodynamic
> efficiency of the combustion process. To do this, you need to use a fuel
> that can resist preignition, a higher octane fuel. The HP gained by a
> more efficient combustion more than offsets the HP lost to a higher
> octane.
>
> Running high octane in a regular 8:1 CR engine is nothing but a waste of
> money, but high octane in an 11:1 engine, like in my 16v, is necessary to
> extract the maximum horsepower.
>
> DAn
>
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