Brand of Gasoline
jlagnese at massed.net
jlagnese at massed.net
Wed Sep 19 18:50:59 PDT 2012
My 87 16 V Scirocco not only gets a noticeable
increase in power, the mileage goes up 3 or4 mpg.
---- Original message ----
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:55:04 -0400
From: Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net>
Subject: Re: Brand of Gasoline
To: John Lagnese <jlagnese at massed.net>
Cc: "'Fay Kelley'" <iceisit at earthlink.net>,
<quattro at audifans.com>
>I will write it yet again.>>It not as simple as
the statement below. High compression ration and
advanced timing is only an issue when at WOT. if
you are not at WOT there is less air and fuel, and
therefore it is compressed less and has less heat
rise. PV=NRT, and P will be lower, so T will be
lower. With T lower, there will be no pre-ignition
and no need to back off timing.>>So it ONLY
benefits mileage if you are at WOT, whcih is a
tiny % of time>>Grant>>On Sep 18, 2012, at 8:28
PM, John Lagnese wrote:>>> If your engine has a
knock sensor that may just be a function of the>>
advanced timing. The knock sensor retards the
timing when pre-ignition is>> detected. That's why
higher octane results in more power and better
mileage.>> >> -----Original Message----->> From:
quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On>> Behalf
Of Fay Kelley>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012
11:54 PM>> To: quattro at audifans.com>> Subject:
Brand of Gasoline>> >> I have been using Chevron
gas almost exclusively for years.>> The station's
card reader didn't work in Cottonwood, so I went
down the>> street>> to the Union 76, the gas was
about 50 cents a gallon more but>> lasted way
longer.>> >> Normally when I drive from Sedona to
Phx I must get>> gasoline somewhere before
returning home.>> >> This time I drove from Sedona
to PHX and back on>> ONE HALF TANK OF GASOLINE. I
went on Thurs.>> and didn't buy gas again til
Sunday nite.>> >> How can this be?>> >> Fay>> --
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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