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02-01-2019, 06:34 AM | #72 | |
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02-01-2019, 08:08 AM | #73 |
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Eventually OP will break a ring land and bitch and moan on the forum about what a shit design the engine is.
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The one where I said that the rated octane may not always be correct at low volume stations.
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The northeastern part of Nevada is supplied from Utah, so I don't know what the dynamic is there. Depending on the elevation, they may not even need 93, since the thinner air at higher elevations makes knock less likely. Kinder Morgan also has another pipeline that starts in Louisiana and runs through the southeast up the east coast. The difference there is that there are ports within a few hundred miles of the pipeline all up the coast. So if Kinder Morgan tried that shit over this way, another supplier would step up. So they don't. But they don't have to do that anyway, because we don't have the idiotic environmental regulations unnecessarily pushing up the cost of production. |
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I get better mpg and after a half tank or so the car runs smoother and the butt dyno says it pulls stronger on long uphills.
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Nobody wants to be wrong, so we presuppose we are right. Basically what your confirmation biased butt dyno tells you is that because you presuppose that your decision was right, your brain interprets what your senses give it as support for that decision, to make you continue to feel good about that choice. That's not to say your choice was wrong, only that the way your asshole puckers isn't legitimate support for your conclusions. It's perfectly all right to feel good about your decision if it works for you. However, don't get upset if other people don't trust your anus. BTW, I have used non-ethanol in mine. My anus did not pucker any differently. So my butt dyno contradicts yours. |
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That placebo effect though.
If only there was some sort of measuring instrument by which to compare the output between two differing setups. Oh, wait. |
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Techron is just Chevron’s brand name for their suite of cleaner additives, and that virtually every commercial gas company adds, to a greater or lesser degree, additives that align with what Techron does.
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Ethanol gas is more knock resistant than non-ethanol. So under high loads (e.g., wide open throttle), the gas will burn cooler, therefore, reduce knock. This is exactly why tuned engines can make a lot of power with E85. The stock engine/tune will knock with 91 gas, which means you'll lose a little bit of power. The owners manual even recommends 93 minimum. Also non-ethanol 91 will cost more than 91 ethanol, so your MPG gains are moot point. |
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$2500 of missed opportunity.
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BTW, I drove in Seattle for 41 years before moving to Kentucky farmland and a 150 mile daily commute on these beautiful twisties. this car was tailor made for where I now live. I don't know what I'd do with one in Seattle other than get a lot of tickets. Heck, I was pulled over an average of three times a year in my xB when I was there. One of three usually ended up in some sort of ticket. |
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