the new gas...

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the new gas...

Reply #15 – May 04, 2006, 04:53:24 PM

The cougar has been missing lately. I don't think it's the gas though.
The Tib seems to have improved a bit which is weird since I heard there was going to be a 3% drop in fuel mileage. Normally I get about 29-30 mpg. This last fill up I got 35:dunno:

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Reply #16 – May 05, 2006, 12:21:20 AM

T-bird isn't missing it's bucking under hard throttle. I just gave it a full tune up before I took it out and it ran fine with the tank of gas from last fall in it (yeah I put Stabil in the gas). I filled it up with the new stuff and it hates it for some reason

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Reply #17 – May 05, 2006, 05:29:15 PM

did u people ever try and run your car on half 89 and half air plane fuel :-D ....i have !!! .... burns quick and idles mad low so i always gotta have my foot on the gas ...but my car went faster!!!!!!!!!

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Reply #18 – May 11, 2006, 10:27:31 AM

Yeah, I'm sure it didn't go any faster. Higher octane fuel is unneccesary unless you have a need for it, higher compression, advanced timing, etc....even then you won't need more than 93 octane. I ran 100 octane race fuel at Atco one day because I didn't have enough gas to make it through the rest of the day and still get home...I was nearly on "E" and spent $30 on this gas(about 6 gallons) and noticed ZERO improvement in quarter mile times and the car drove like at part throttle and idle until I ran a few tanks for 87 through it.

As far as the new ethanol additives in the gas...I haven't really noticed any drop in fuel mileage with it...maybe because the car is runnning so rich and I only get like 16mpg anyway.