Race gas or Pump gas?

[Wingboy]

No! I'm not trolling.

Fuelish Myths

Our own Sherlock Holmes, Kevin Cameron solves the mystery of race gas versus pump gas, dispelling a few myths along the way.

www.cycleworld.com

 

[Baggsy]

Race has? Sounds like trolling . . .

 

[Wingboy]

Race has? Sounds like trolling . . .

Hahaha. Thank you. Fixed.

 

[Lightcycle]

Interesting article.

Reminds me of when we traveled through India. We quickly learned to always frequent the food stalls that did the most business. That way the food wasn't sitting out in the sun for very long, and you were less likely to get sick. The only times we ended up getting sick was going to the nicer establishments which were a bit more expensive, but less turnover which meant the food sat out longer. Eat where the locals eat.

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[bigpoppa]

Interesting article.

Reminds me of when we traveled through India. We quickly learned to always frequent the food stalls that did the most business. That way the food wasn't sitting out in the sun for very long, and you were less likely to get sick. The only times we ended up getting sick was going to the nicer establishments which were a bit more expensive, but less turnover which meant the food sat out longer. Eat where the locals eat.

This story may or may not have anything to do with getting gas.

Since video links no longer work:

--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFTnb4nC-A&ab_channel=CNN

 

[boyoboy]

pump is just so much easier; even at the track..

 

[Dimitri]

The problem is, gasoline octane is really meaningless to it's combustion quality, it's a knock rating. One gas stations 87 might be very different then another's.

Saturated paraffins and naphthenes (also used to make wax) is common in low grade fuels world wide. Cheap filler for volume but poor octane rating, so, dump Ethanol, MTBE, or MMT to hide the poor overall fuel being sold and get it back to a reasonable octane rating. The ratio between these two and the more premium components (aromatics, branched-chain paraffins and olefins), are trade secrets.