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- From: eli@cisco.com (Steve Elias)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Oxygenated Gasoline and Low MPG (super unleaded?)
- Date: 3 Jan 93 20:11:23
- Organization: cisco Systems
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- Message-ID: <ELI.93Jan3201123@regal.cisco.com>
- References: <1993Jan4.031145.24452@julian.uwo.ca>
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- In-reply-to: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca's message of Mon, 4 Jan 1993 03:11:45 GMT
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- both of my honda civics gas mileage dropped by 15% or so
- with this oxy gas. power seems to have dropped by at least
- 15% on the 91 civic hatchback (70 hp rating).
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- i know that a properly tuned designed-for-87-octane engine without
- knock sensor should not benefit from super unleaded.
- but as an experiment i am running super unleaded in both hondas now.
- on the 91 hatchback, there is a noticable power increase with
- the super oxy as opposed to the normal 87 octane oxy fuel.
- is this the placebo effect? has anyone out there tried this?
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- /eli
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