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Date:         Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:24:29 -0800
Reply-To:     Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: higher octane needs
In-Reply-To:  <B8522E3F.3667%mwmiller@cwnet.com>
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on 12/28/01 2:12 PM, mike miller at mwmiller@CWNET.COM wrote:


> then they can run even lower octane.  High altitude = less air = less
> compression = less octane.
>
> Unless I'm wrong about this too.
>
Nope, quite right!  In high-altitude areas, their idea of "super" is 89
octane!  I just passed thru Colorado, Utah, etc, and found a performance
improvement using the lower octane gasoline while above 6000'. Now I am back
to the wallet-sucking 91 here in CA.




--
Melissa Mourkas
81 Westy Basic Camper 'Hilde'
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