EvilBevel

Found this whilst bored ... amazing information, and relates directly to all discussions re "brand x of fuel performs better than brand y", "do I use additives" and RON/MON/octane booster discussions. It is not only Scooby related, sure, but since our engines seem to be pretty sensitive to type of fuel used, I hope it may stay here ?

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/autos/gasoline-faq/part1/

For the better nerd

EvilBevel

Sorry to bump my own thread, but this snippet is pretty interesting :


In the late 1960s
German automakers discovered their engines were destroying themselves on
long Autobahn runs, even though the Research Octane was within specification.
They discovered that either the MON or the Sensitivity ( the numerical
difference between the RON and MON numbers ) also had to be specified. Today
it is accepted that no one octane rating covers all use. In fact, during
1994, there have been increasing concerns in Europe about the high
Sensitivity of some commercially-available unleaded fuels.


[Edited by EvilBevel - 7/7/2002 4:24:48 PM]

boomer

Nice link, thanks

mb