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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I am wondering where the mixing of the fuels (Petrol and
Ethanol) is done to allow for all these different percentages by location.
Curious also whether the percentage varies by grade. Incidentally the manual
states that the TR engines were designed to run on 80 octane. I'm guessing that
the grading system has been changed since the</FONT><FONT face=Tahoma>n. However
I had been running 93 octane in my nearly stock TR3 street motor, until I decide
to try a tank of 89. The engine seems to like the lower octane better, is
running less rich and consuming fuel at a slower rate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Finally, can anyone tell me the capacity (US gals) of an
early TR3 fuel tank? The manual states 12.5 gals, but I am putting in 12
gals with what appears to be something like 2 gals still
remaining. Are they using Imperial measurement? (understand that 1 US
gal equals about 5/6 Imperial gal)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Steve P.---- Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=timmurph@fastbytes.com href="mailto:timmurph@fastbytes.com">Tim
Murphy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jrherrera90@hotmail.com
href="mailto:jrherrera90@hotmail.com">John Herrera</A> ; <A
title=bkolnz@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:bkolnz@sbcglobal.net">Bill Collins</A>
; <A title=fot@autox.team.net href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">FOT</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 15, 2008 2:25
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Ethanol in TX
gasoline.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>On the way to the Glen bought gas in Indiana, Ohio and
New York and never saw an ethanol sticker on a single pump. Here in
Wisconsin they are on all the pumps, on all 3 grades. I also saw
someplace (can't remember where, CRS disease) that some supplieres are adding
more than the required 10%. An economic move I believe the article
said.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jrherrera90@hotmail.com href="mailto:jrherrera90@hotmail.com">John
Herrera</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bkolnz@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:bkolnz@sbcglobal.net">Bill Collins</A> ; <A
title=fot@autox.team.net href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">FOT</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Ethanol in TX
gasoline.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I spent Tuesday afternnon hanging about in my old friend's
hangar. He was finishing an annual on a Piper Colt that has the Autogas STC.
He needed gasoline to test the engine so he went to the nearby Sheetz and
bought a can of 87 octane rating and a can of 91.<BR> <BR>Neither pump
was labeled as containing ethanol.<BR> <BR>The STC allows the use
of autogas only if it contains NO alcohol, so he tested the gas for alcohol
content using a test kit. The kit came from Sporty's or Aircraft Spruce or
equivalent. <BR> <BR>The 87 contained 8% and the 91 contained 5%
alcohol.<BR> <BR>So I think this means that one can't always go by the
labeling on the pump.<BR> <BR>John H.<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">In Texas, soon as one get out of the
metropolitan areas of Ft. Worth and Dallas, say 15 miles south of Fort Worth
to Motor Sports Ranch, there is NO Ethanol in any of the pump gas. I
know this because while doing HPDE's in my M3 I looked for Shell 93 Oct. I
noticed that the required "May contain up to 10% Ethanol"
sticker required by law to be on every pump containing Ethanol was absent
along with any vapor recovery technology. The station owner
confirmed... No Ethanol</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Bill Collins</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">'64 MK1 Spit racer</FONT></DIV>
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