Actually,
The higher the octane, the slower the burn. If you take a car that can run
full timing on 87 octane, and run premium, or race gas in it, it will be
slower. The higher octane fuels allow the use of more aggressive timing, and
that is where the power comes from, not the fuel itself.
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "roloff" <roloff@mail.northlink.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: DML: mileage
premium fuel burns hotter and that meens faster thats prolly why it only
gets 17/24 a couple friends and i did a science expermint this winter on
our snowmobiles with different gas and milage and of coarse the higher
grade fuel it was the more was burned, and yes we went on a fixed coarse
and as close to the same speed each time. hope this helps.
fdedip@whale-mail.com wrote:
>
> Reading the newspaper today, in the Drivetime section they had a
> review of a new Audi sport sedan, with a turboed (maybe twin turboed-
> can't remember) V6. What got to me, was when they said, "it requires
> premium fuel BUT (my emphasis) gets 17/24 mpg"
> 17/24? I don't think thats all that good! My Dak gets near that,
> and I don't have to buy premium fuel (I didn't have to pay 40,000 for
> the vehicle, either)
> I thought turbos increased gas mileage?
> flip
>
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