Posted on 05/16/2012 10:42:20 AM PDT by thackney
I remember the feds were VERY active in policing this aspect
Don’t waste your time on this one.
He, she, it is just not worth it.
I look at it that every time I burn a tank of gasoline with ethonol (being forced to do so by the liberal asshat moonbat social degenerates) I am killing a “less fortunate” person in some underdeveloped country. Great...liberal schmucks afe making me a murderer. Just great!
Just put the second fuel tank in the F150. Will pay for itself in a single trip! lol
No.. the 2012 sliverado is flex fuel. anything from E0 to E85 can be ran though it. He should not have seen such a loss in MPG but I wonder if it had anything to do with elevation or stop and go traffic or perhaps a pump that stopped a few gallons short of “full”
I’d have to ask if this was a vehicle with an onboard fuel economy display.
Completely impractical for my Rokon RT-340 and it’s 60’s Sachs engine.
Here we have no real choice about the damn Ethanol, it’s mandated, and comes from Kali. refineries, where it’s also mandated.
Once I get the engine back in the frame I suppose I will have to buy race gas, at what, about $9.00 or more a gallon?
I might be able to get 100LL Avgas, not sure what issue that might create.
I think it will work OK since I will be adding two-stroke oil.
As to my cars, that’s a bigger issue.
I am NOT putting Ethanol into my vintage Webers!
The bike is only ridden locally, but the cars need to be able to go long distance.
E15 alone is enough reason to vote against Obammy, what has Romney said about this %@#&!, if anything?
Lots of people go 100LL and pump premium, mixed 50/50 with premix oil added; this will both give you plenty of octane, diluted ethanol to below harmful levels, and the pump additives which are needed for storage beyond a month or so. Plus it will start real easy at 20,000 feet!
Why do I suspect you are too young to talk about this authoritatively?
I “was there”, Ethyl was in FACT tetra ethyl lead!
The lead increased octane and lubricated the valve faces.
Fuel without lead was called “White Gas” and used in camp stoves.
The only motor fuel to have any sort of alcohol in it was used in model airplanes and dragsters.
Drag racers mixed their own fuel, and added Nitro to suit their engine.
When I was a freshman in high school we had a local station that allowed you to “Dial” you octane.
Wish I could remember the name of the chain.
As I recall you could go from a low of about 85 (For a model T or A?) to a high of 101 (105?) for serious drivers.
I always ran the good stuff in my modified bike.
To this day I am severely PO’d to be forced to buy “Supreme” of only 92 octane, particularly at these prices.
At these prices we should be getting at least 100 octane!
Sunoco.
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