[AT] Gas Prices

[Mike Sloane]

Save your money, Troy - our old tractors were designed to run on about 
the poorest grade of fuel that could be found. Another point that most 
people don't realize is that there is no more "power" in higher octane 
gasoline. The octane number merely is an indication of how well the fuel 
  resists pre-ignition in high compression engines, and this is done 
with additives not refining. So no matter how high the octane number of 
your gas, you won't get one bit more power out of it, nor will it extend 
the life of your plugs, or get your wash any brighter. :-) (I should 
point our that, in all fairness, high compression engines like those 
found in performance cars and some racing/pulling machinery certainly do 
benefit from higher octane fuel. But not old tractors). If you find that 
your tractor engine "pings" under heavy load, it usually means that you 
need to retard the ignition timing slightly.

Mike

Troy Bogdan wrote:
> Since others chimed in about gas prices, I guess I will join in.
> I don't consider it to be off topic, because it does affect our tractors in
> a very major way.  I usually try to run 93 octane in my tractors, since they
> were originally probably receiving a much higher octane when they were new,
> but with these high prices, I have only been using the regular 83 octane.
> 

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