[DeTomaso] REAL Gas versus Crap

Larry - Ohio Time Corp larry at ohiotimecorp.com
Fri Oct 28 08:38:48 EDT 2011


<< still diesels at shut down about half the time>>

The carb drop down solenoid from the 70's did a good job of stopping this.
The plunger of the solenoid is the idle stop on the carb. When the key is
turned off power to the solenoid is lost and allowing the butterfly valves
in the carb close off the air to the motor.

Larry (sometimes old is good) - Cleveland




-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of michael at michaelshortt.com
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:59 PM
To: Dave Londry
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] REAL Gas versus Crap

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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