What is Boston Bob's website address?

Thanks

Azani

>From: Eric Spletzer <eric@SENIORNET.ORG>
>Reply-To: Eric Spletzer <eric@SENIORNET.ORG>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Boston Bob's web site
>Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 12:33:49 -0700
>
>Forgive my newbieness, but what exactly do you mean by advancing the engine
>to get extra power?
>
>My van could sure use it.
>
>-eric
>'85 Vanagon
>
>
>On 5/2/02 12:29 PM, "gary hradek" <hradek@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >   Now I do not recall boston bob say anything about
> > the world being flat, yet.   Most engine rebuilders
> > see the worst of what we do to our engines.   I agree
> > that 87 octane will work well with our vanagon,
> > however if you advance the engine to get that extra
> > power you should take boston bob's advise and use the
> > higher octane.   It may prevent boston bob from seeing
> > your engine quite so soon.   gary
> > Date:    Thu, 2 May 2002 12:44:09 -0400
> > From:    wb6otg <wb6otg@INTREX.NET>
> > Subject: Re: What Octane Fuel
> >
> > A stock Vanagon will run fine on regular gas.  Some of
> > the information
> > on Boston Bob's web site is just plain wrong.
> >
> > I think its time to pull this out of the archives and
> > dust it off:
> >
> >
> > Here's the story on octane:  At one time (up til the
> > early '70s?),
> > there
> > were two ways to measure octane, research octane
> > (based on lab work
> > with
> > the fuel) and another system (I forget the name)
> > based on tests in an
> > actual engine.  The two systems usually give somewhat
> > different
> > numbers.  Most car makers (including VW) specified
> > research octane,
> > often
> > listed as R.O.N. (Research Octane Number?).  The US
> > government, in its
> > usual wisdom, decided that since people couldn't
> > agree on a method,
> > they
> > should invent a third one!  So, when the government
> > started requiring
> > that octane be marked on the gas pump, it was
> > required that the two
> > existing methods be averaged to come up with a number
> > (the fine print
> > on
> > the sticker even reads (R+M)/2.
> >
> > So, when VW calls out 91 R.O.N., as the gas flap
> > sticker on my Jetta
> > and
> > the owner's manual for my Vanagon both do, that is
> > the same (more or
> > less) as the US gas pump number of 87, which is the
> > usual number for
> > regular in most areas.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
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