Date:         Mon, 22 Sep 1997 19:07:27 EDT
Reply-To:     Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Bad Fuel? (long)
Comments: To: alfajohn@PACBELL.NET
In-Reply-To:  <342694B7.72E1@pacbell.net>; from "John Franklin" at Sep 22,
              97 3:54 pm

>
> Bill,
> Around here in central California, the only gasoline fuels available
> are 92, 89, and 87RON.  As the book says 'do not use any fuel below
> 91RON' it pretty well limits us to 92, doesn't it?
> John
> San Rafael
> 85 Alfa
> 86 Syncro GL
> 89 TrooperII
>
Absolutely not.  If you will look on your gas pumps you will not see RON
anywhere.  What you will see is RON+MON
                                -------
                                   2
This is obviously not the same as RON because RON is only one of the
parts of this equation.  This is known as the CLC method of calculating
octane.

As the book says, (read more closely please) 91 RON is equal to 87 CLC.
If you're not using the cheap stuff, you're throwing money away.

Sean

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