Unfortunatly yes,
My engine is an 18GF High compression engine, complements of the PO who
lunched the original 18V engine (for some reason MG dont run very good
with a rod sticking through the block!).
The shop the PO used provided him with another engine and rebuilt it.
in the process of which, the head was shaved slightly.
All in all, the effect is, I can't run anything but the highest octane
availible. I've tried a couple of times to run mid-grade (89 octane), but
to hold the spark knock to a tolerable level, the timing is so retarded I
get passed by the neighbor hood kids on his bike, the one with the
training wheels!
But, around here, having to run 93 octane isn't so bad. Stopped by the
station I generally use, and the price of 93 has dropped to $.92 gallon
(87 octane is $.72)
Don't you just love price wars?!
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:43:14 -0500 ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com> writes:
>Hi Rick,
>
> Do you really need 93 octane gas? I run my B on 87 octane regular
>unleaded.
>
> Chas.
>
>Rick Morrison wrote:
>>
>> Well,
>> just to put my tuppence worth in the pot, I filled up with 93
>octane
>> yesterday and paid the princly sum of $.98 per for the stuff.
>> One thing to remember, the actual cost of gasoline is pretty much
>the
>> same world wide. The disparity is price is more of function of
>taxes, and
>> taxes, and more taxes.
>> The more levels of government, the greater the taxes on gasoline,
>and the
>> amount of each level of tax is inversely proportional to the degree
>of
>> citizen input into the taxing structure, and directly proportional
>to the
>> input of the anti-car contingent.
>>
>> Rant mode off
>>
>> Rick Morrison
>> 72 MGBGT
>> 74 Midget
>>
>> On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 05:48:41 -0500 "Harlan Jillson"
>> <hjillson@argolink.net> writes:
>> >Neil,
>> > Most of us in the States don't have it quite as good as John
>does
>> >in Georgia. Currently regular unleaded is running $1.02 to $1.10
>in
>> >the Houston Tx. area, with some discount stations around $0.98. In
>> >California the prices are quite a bit higher. There are fairly
>> >significant
>> >differences from State to State, depending on local SMOG rules and
>> >distances to refineries etc. Some States are still selling leaded
>> >regular while others are strickly unleaded only. Then there is the
>> >fuel/road tax added in, which in Texas amounts to about $0.39 per
>> >gallon, of course you probably don't know anything about taxes in
>> >the UK ;-) ( tounge firmly planted).
>> >
>> >Harlan
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: neil.cairns@virgin.net <neil.cairns@virgin.net>
>> >To: Jethogger@aol.com <Jethogger@aol.com>
>> >Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>> >Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 1:15 AM
>> >Subject: Re: Smog Woes (part one)
>> >
>> >
>> >Jethogger@aol.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Pat. And regular gas is only
>> >> $.79 a gallon.
>> >> John Flintstone, ga.
>> >
>> >WHAT!!!! Petrol at only 49p a gallon!!!! ( £1 = $1.60) No wonder
>the
>> >States can run such huge cars!! In the UK we pay the equivalent of
>£3
>> >a
>> >gallon, ( unleaded,) which equates to $4.80........though here in
>> >Blighty we are cursed by the EEC, and leadfree petrol is sold at
>69p a
>> >litre. ( US gallon is a bit smaller than a UK one.)
>> >
>> >Now you know why my wife & I run a '89 MG Metro, ( at 50mpg on a
>run.)
>> >
>> >Neil
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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