Posted on 04/18/2018 3:40:59 PM PDT by outofsalt
"GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler are seeking just one grade of fuel: 95. That would eliminate today's grades, generally 87 octane for regular, 88-90 for midgrade and 91-94 for premium." "In testimony Friday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's environment subcommittee, Dan Nicholson, General Motors' vice president of global propulsion systems, said making 95 octane the new regular aligns the U.S. with Europe and is one of the most affordable ways to boost fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions."
(Excerpt) Read more at autonews.com ...
Mr. mm put a power inverter in my vehicle. We can use it for traveling and if need be a generator with a 16 gallon gas tank attached.
Indeed, you're pretty much correct on that. Sunoco (Sun Oil then) patented the blending valve located in the pump used to create the gasoline output with different octane numbers. The filling station had 2 storage tanks, 81 and 105 octane rating as I recall. There was a dial on the pump and you selected 81, 85, 89, 93 or 105 octane IIRC.
One of my uncles (a mechanical engineer out of Oklahoma A&M) designed the mixing valve. After WWII, he finished his degree at OK A&M then worked for Sun Oil until retiring in the mid-70’s. After the Normandy breakout, he was a replacement paratrooper into the 101st Airborne. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge through VE Day.
I just read the first sentence and already I know it is a way to soak more money out of the many people who just need ‘regular’.
Meanwhile, I was disappointed to hear Trump talking about going to 15% ethanol. I know he wants to get re-elected, but that’s entirely headed in the wrong direction.
Crony capitalism is crony capitalism.
Raising octane is the next cheapest way to get better fuel economy. I’ve always thought mid-grade a waste of effort.
Get rid of ethanol
Have two grades
Drop the CAFE bs
But no, we are going to end up having some corporate big shot and a bunch of pea brain gimmedat politicians tell us what is good for us.
Prius? I’ve heard of people doing that.
Sunoco advertised getting some of “that 260 action”. There was a setting or selector on the pumps for that. Have no idea what claimed octane it was. Circa 1973.
No. Just a very handy husband. He added it himself.
Oh, probably a secondary alternator like welders use, running off the serpentine belt.
Convert is not quite the right word. Gasoline is a blended mixture of several major components and lessor amounts of certain additives. See yarddog’s post 25 for a description of this.
As far as refining capacity, the major components are probably fine as-is capacity wise for the switch to a single high octane grade. The lessor components such as alkylate could require capacity expansions. Refinery process pros would know better than I on this.
One driver for this is that the trend in engines is to lower displacement, supercharged and turbocharged engines operating at higher compressions that require the higher octane to generate their maximum HP/torque and fuel economy. A second driver is to simplify the tangled mess of octane blends, summer/winter blends and regional blends that create a logistical hell for refiners and distribution and in turn increases cost to the consumer.
Maybe?
But that’s all his department.
This is outofsalt with the nice info in post 25.
More lift, longer duration, sounds like fun!
My Dad’s XKE ran on 102 Octane.
Only.
How about 100 low lead?
I drive a 286 bhp 2 litre coupe and use 98 octane. Car will run fine on 95 octane. However, 98 octane makes a big difference in performance, mileage, and smoothness. Once a year I have the fuel system treated with a professional cleaning fuel - makes a helluva difference.
One of my favorite calibers.
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It would reduce cost producing 1 grade instead of multiple grades. No clue if that would be passed on to the consumer.
European gas costs are driven by exorbitant taxes. It has nothing to do with formulation.
Yes, I would get 10% better gas mileage without the 10% ethanol in my tank, which is inert from a fuel perspective. It doesn’t provide any energy for my engine. It is just filler. Kill the ethanol and I would get 10% better gas mileage.
Liberals don’t want us to get better mileage.
Trivia: Jimmy Doolittle was responsible for creating of 100 octane aviation fuel in WWII. Shell produced it, but Doolittle envisioned and demanded it.
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