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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Getting better gas milage (was: Re: MOLY BLACK GOLD. (Slick50))
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.043744.15480@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Jul17.123537.1@sol.yorku.ca>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 04:37:44 GMT
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- haroldt@sol.yorku.ca writes:
- :
- : I'd hate to dissagree with you, but... In my little Honda Civic I found a
- : way to get 10% better fuel economy. I was running regular unleaded when I first
- : got my 91 Civic. After 5000kms I put Slick 50 in and saw only a marginal
- : improvement. Then I switched to Super Unleaded (94 Octane) and I litterally
- : get 10% more distance per quantity of fuel. The octane boost does make a
- : differance in a good fuel injected car, but not everyone uses it, and few
- : say it's required.
- :
- : Has anyone else tried this? Pardon the pun, but, milage may vary. :)
-
- Nope. Around here - super UL is about 15% more expensive than UL. It doesn't
- make sense to pay more/mile.
-
- You could probably accomplish the same thing by having the timing changed.
-
- Bill
-