[Shotimes] Re: Never say never re gas prices

[Ron Porter]

My primary difference was seen on RFG, which is alky fuel, with a bunch of other crap.
 
Differences were
 
- Decreased mileage
- Lower power, felt by the "butt dyno"
- Hard starting
- Godawful stink in the garage.
 
FWIW,with KY RFG, I would get to Monroe MI and the "low fuel" light would hit. I would get gas at the 400-mile mark before getting off I-94 about 30 miles shy of the in-laws place. Gassing up in MI, I would drive all the way back, and not get "Low Fuel" for the whole 450 miles.
 
FWIW (2) I never pinged, as the alky-RFG crap has decent octane.
 
I now occasionally run alky gas (Sunoco and a few other no-names around here) as more of a "fuel system cleaner", but the mileage record is inconclusive with regular alky gas versus my usual "real" gas, due to my irregular driving patterns.
 
Ron Porter

Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com> wrote:
I disagree with the lack of power on 10% ethanol. That is all I use and do no
better with the straight gas. I do get ~2 mpg less but that is because the
mixture is richened to meet the O2 sensor levels of straight gas.

IMHO

Paul



On 4/19/2005 9:57:13 PM, Ron Porter (ronporter@prodigy.net) wrote:
> It isn't the MTBE, it's "any" alky RFG fuel. I have recounted the tails of
> my living near Chicago and in Louisville (both who must use RFG fuel) and
> my gassing up outside of those areas, and both mpg and power increased
> dramatically.
>
> Alky in the fuel is a
> '70s concept that only works on carburetor engines with no computerized
engine management.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> George Fourchy wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:51:09 -0700 (PDT), Ron Porter wrote:
>
> >Well, CA had the real "custom blend" of RFG that no one else has, so you
will always have the pleasure of paying the highest prices!!
>
> Yeah...we're
> loving every minute of that...!! Also, MTBE was supposed to be
> eliminated a year and a half ago.....we're still waiting. When I'm outside
> of CA, I
> get 2 more mpg in exactly the same conditions thanks to MTBE being in our
> gas.
>
>
>
> George
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