[Healeys] gas additives

Quinn, Patrick Patrick.Quinn at det.nsw.edu.au
Tue Apr 15 20:05:30 MDT 2008


G'day

Probably not.

However as I always say - never let the facts get in the way of a good
story.

What it does show that how much we would all benefit by some degree of
standardisation - even spelling.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Haskell [mailto:rchaskell at earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:55 AM
To: Quinn, Patrick
Cc: T W; Healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] gas additives

Patrick,

Are we using the same octane ratings?  Here in the US, the octane rating
is
the average of the Research Octane Number (RON) and Motor Octane Number
(MON).  According to wikipedia, Australia uses the RON which is normally
8
to 10 points higher than the MON.  So 91 octane in the US is probably
close
to the 95 octane in Australia (just guessing).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating


Bob

Quinn, Patrick wrote:
> G'day
>
> The only gas that goes into my Austin-Healey is in the tyres. The
> thought of running my Austin-Healey on 91 octane petrol gives me the
> willies.
>
> Here in the antipodes we have a choice of 91, 95 and 98 octane. Even
> with 98 octane the engine still pings so I always add a combined
octane
> booster and lubricant.
>
> The worry is that various state governments are legislating the 91
> octane fuel must have at least 10% ethanol.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> (Where every young lady looks like Fifi)
>
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