[DeTomaso] REAL Gas versus Crap

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Thu Oct 27 19:59:08 EDT 2011


Nah, this was in the Magnum R/T Hemi.

PANTERA gets 93 octane plus 16 oz of 104 octane booster at every fill up and
still diesels at shut down about half the time.

 MICHAEL
On Oct 27, 2011 7:51 PM, "Dave Londry" <davel at emspace.com> wrote:

> You can run 87 and you have a 500hp+ build Michael??
> What's the CR?
> dave
>
>
> On 27/10/2011 4:46 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
> > Finished off the tank of real 100% gas today.  RANGE was extended approx
> 18
> > miles and mileage by 1 mile per gallon.
> > This was in town driving, no highway.
> > It was 89 octane which is middle grade at 3.74 per gallon, crap middle
> grade
> > was 3.54, 87 is at 3.34 per gallon.
> > So if I were to use middle grade all the time, the net effect is that the
> > real gas is .15 cents per tank more expensive. Versus reg 87 octane gas,
> it
> > is about 4.00 per tank more expensive.
> >
> > As far as driving goes, way less hesitation, more torquey feeling at
> > launch,  more responsive at speed for passing.
> >
> > So I filled it up again tonight with real gas.
> >
> > Michael Shortt
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