In a message dated 96-12-16 14:08:17 EST, you write:
<< From: Doerrer(at)aol.com
Sender: owner-alpines(at)autox.team.net
Doerrer said
<<Highest octane fuel I've seen is 100 octane sold for about US$4.00 per
gallon
at the Unocal station on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena (Take the Pasadena Fwy -
the first Fwy in America?- north until it ends, the station is at the first
stoplight on the right.)
Never tried it - too scared of upsetting any equilibria (equilibrium in an
Alpine?)
>>
While driving home a Series V from LA to Detroit back in 1985, yes, I've got
lot of faith in the cars and my abilities, I found some of that smoking high
test from Unocal. I believe i was in Riverside at the time. Anyway, I
twisted away on that little advance screw and went screwing across the Mohave
at about 85 + mph and made it to Phoenix in about five hours. The only fuel
I ever found that made the car run better was 105 Research octane that was
purchased direct from Marathon in Detroit for use in PRO Rally events, not in
the Alpine though, though many miles were spent tooling around the high
country in New Mexico and Colorado.
I'm curious with the high octane figures given for Europe and Australia if
they arrive at the numbers as they do in the USA which is Research octane +
Manufacturers octane/2.
Rich Childs
Sad former owner of many Series V's
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