| Subject: | Re: higher octane needs |
| From: | Melissa Mourkas |
| Date: | Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:24:29 -0800 |
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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