- 1. mpg (score: 1)
- Author: "James Fuerstenberg" <jfuerstenberg@zz-link.dcmdc.dla.mil>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 94 10:36:12 cdt
- just saw an interesting alternative mileage calculation. 7mpg works out to 1.31 light years per cubic mile of gasoline. From this you should be able to calculate your car's mileage. as always, your m
- /html/british-cars/1994-05/msg00406.html (6,464 bytes)
- 2. MPG (score: 1)
- Author: sgi!chromavac.csd.sgi.com!miq@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 09:35:13 PDT
- Well lets see, on the autox Sprite (the infamous Car Zero) I run 100 octane airplane fuel, which I usually talk my way into getting from the local miniairstrip in Palo Alto near work. The car is DP c
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00249.html (8,452 bytes)
- 3. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!wsl.dec.com!kent@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 12:18:39 PDT
- that's 6 gallons, 1 large bottle of octane booster, and 1 quart of oil every 200 miles.... Is that Marvel Mystery Oil for the tank, or 20w50 for the engine? Speaking of octane, has anyone had experie
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00262.html (7,688 bytes)
- 4. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: sgi!chromavac.csd.sgi.com!miq@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 16:44:29 PDT
- that's 6 gallons, 1 large bottle of octane booster, and 1 quart of oil every 200 miles.... Is that Marvel Mystery Oil for the tank, or 20w50 for the engine? 20w50 for the engine, this is British-cars
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00271.html (7,858 bytes)
- 5. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 90 20:50:36 EDT
- Speaking of octane, has anyone had experience with mixing leaded regular and unleaded premium? The theory is that the result should have higher octane than the unleaded rating. -- end citation I've t
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00272.html (8,418 bytes)
- 6. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!bellcore.bellcore.com!taichi!whs70@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: 25 Apr 1990 8:04 EDT
- Ed is correct. With 'leaded' regular now containing less than 1/10 gram of lead per gallon, the mixing of leaded regular (nominally around 89 octane) and unleaded premium (92 to 94 octane) will no lo
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00276.html (8,549 bytes)
- 7. MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!sli.com!rdh@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Robert D. Houk)
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 13:34:57 EDT
- that's 6 gallons, 1 large bottle of octane booster, and 1 quart of oil every 200 miles.... Is that Marvel Mystery Oil for the tank, or 20w50 for the engine? 20w50 for the engine, this is British-cars
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00281.html (8,082 bytes)
- 8. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!hp6600.desk.hp.com!larry_schwarcz%q0@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: 25 Apr 90 08:59 -0800
- I heard this rumor many years ago and I asked a couple of friends fathers (both of them have phd's in chemistry) and they both gave me the same answer. The final octane level would be the average of
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00285.html (8,968 bytes)
- 9. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!wsl.dec.com!kent@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 13:34:58 PDT
- that's 6 gallons, 1 large bottle of octane booster, and 1 quart of oil every 200 miles.... Is that Marvel Mystery Oil for the tank, or 20w50 for the engine? 20w50 for the engine, this is British-cars
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00287.html (8,095 bytes)
- 10. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: oneway@athena.mit.edu <mit-eddie!ATHENA.MIT.EDU!oneway@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 21:20:44 EDT
- I recall an article in Motor Trend in 1985 that discussed this exact idea. Such a mixing of unleaded high-octane gasoline and leaded gasoline resulted in a higher octane than either due to the fact
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00289.html (9,664 bytes)
- 11. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!sol.bucknell.edu!droms@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Ralph E. Droms)
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 21:36:41 EDT
- that's 6 gallons, 1 large bottle of octane booster, and 1 quart of oil every 200 miles.... Is that Marvel Mystery Oil for the tank, or 20w50 for the engine? 20w50 for the engine, this is British-cars
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00291.html (8,295 bytes)
- 12. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU!garnett@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Roger Garnett)
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 90 00:25:19 EDT
- that's 6 gallons, 1 large bottle of octane booster, and 1 quart of oil every 200 miles.... Is that Marvel Mystery Oil for the tank, or 20w50 for the engine? 20w50 for the engine, this is British-cars
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00293.html (8,535 bytes)
- 13. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!jesup@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Randell Jesup)
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 90 23:31:31 EDT
- It used to be that adding leaded reg to unleaded prem would boost it quite a bit. This was because the response curve of octane to lead is non-linear - a little lead versus none makes a big differen
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00294.html (8,485 bytes)
- 14. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!bellcore.bellcore.com!taichi!whs70@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: 26 Apr 1990 8:09 EDT
- Larry S. writes and asks: I can't point to any specific tests, but the reason it did work (note past tense) was due to the non-linear octane boost that lead provides. That is, If you add a gram of le
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00300.html (9,634 bytes)
- 15. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!ames.arc.nasa.gov!ssi!coventry!rmb@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Keptin Komrade Dr. Bobwrench III)
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 90 11:13:18 CDT
- Cars, They rust out from the inside out because you forget and leave the top down when it rains!!!! iii
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00306.html (8,376 bytes)
- 16. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!uunet.uu.net!ingr!b11!wizard!ed@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 90 22:06:10 -0400
- With all this talk about mixing gasses to get higher octane has anyone given thought to using one of the various brands of octane booster available? Those that boost your lead level that is. I am pre
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00322.html (8,298 bytes)
- 17. Re: MPG (score: 1)
- Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 90 16:46:58 CDT
- and then leave the stupid carpet in it. If the car is going to sit around where it can get rained on, take the carpet out and be sure the drain holes are clear (or you get more drain holes) -- Login
- /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00323.html (8,715 bytes)
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