Re: RE: OCTANE!!!!!!!!!(a little long)

From: Aaron (acolona@i-55.com)
Date: Mon Oct 18 1999 - 18:18:36 EDT


hmm, mine must be weird. it runs like crap on anything but regular octane. I
put premium in it a couple times and it was very sluggish. You think I was
overdoing it and should just try plus? I have a good number of mods, but it
just seems to love low octane gas.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@texas.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 5:02 PM
Subject: DML: RE: OCTANE!!!!!!!!!(a little long)

> Yes...and No. The computers in general can adjust for Octane
> requirements...if they have a knock sensor. Since our trucks do NOT have
a
> knock sensor, the octane requirement is set by the manufacturer. However,
I
> agree with you with the running of higher octane fuel. I have only run
> 92-93 octane fuel in my Dak and have tried 87 and 89 octane fuel (when I
had
> no other choice)...it ran like crap.
>
> The fuel you put in the tank could have also been contaminated or just
> really poor quality.
>
> - Bernd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Mst29@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 4:35 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: OCTANE!!!!!!!!!(a little long)
>
>
> Is it possible for the computers on our daks to adjust
> themselves and raise the timing slightly? I've been running 93 octane for
> the past 3 months and i think its working better with it. In between these
3
> months i added a TB and headers to my list of mods and gained a good deal
of
> power. This week i decieded to go cheap and fill it up with 89. It feels
so
> slugish. I'll never put anything in but 93 from now on.
> It really feels different, like I lost 10 hp . Im thinking this has to do
> with the computer.
>
>



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