[DeTomaso] REAL Gas versus Crap

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been trying to find a gas station that sells gas with no ethanol
> content. Do you know of any national brands that sell gas w/o ethanol. I
> have a local station that sells race gas but at $10.00 per gallon it's a
> little to rich for my blood.
> Boyd
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Larry - Ohio Time Corp <
> larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:
>
>> << 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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