I was just wondering (Fuel Question)
Me being an East Coast person would somebody please explain the gas ratings in the Mid West. I'm refering to the regular (87 Octane) vs the Plus (89 Octane)It blows my mind pulling up to the pumps and...
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JimFromJersey wrote:Here in the midwest 87 octane regular has no alcohol, 89 octane has 10% alcohol we call it e10 or ethanol here, & e85 is 85% alcohol only to be used in flex fuel vehicles.
All I know is that in Lexington Nebraska last summer (June 2012) we picked up 63 gallons of E85 by mistake that caused really rough running and vapor lock in our old 87' vintage 454. Now, I'm not sure if that "E85" means it's 85% ethanol, but since here in the East, "E10" means 10% Ethanol, I have my suspicions. So E85 must be not much more volatile than Crisco. Modern computer controlled engines may run OK on it but that old cast iron monster in our Bounder didn't like it at all. It stalled every time we came to a stop. The genny hated it. We finally burned out enough to put some Shell V-Power in to counteract it. Once we started putting mid grade fuel in during the rest of our time in between the Ohio River and the Rockies, we were fine.
