[W126 Coupe] gas prices

[Mike Beyersdoerfer]

Paul,  The claims are accurate and  you are on the money in your last  
sentence, forget the Octane measurement and enjoy the drive.

Tell me what city you are in and I will give you a Harley dealers name  
to check out LHP.

Mike
On Jul 10, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Paul Samarin wrote:


> I know nothing, so the following is a guess:  I suspect that they  

> use the phrase "octane effect" b/c the stuff isn't really increasing  

> octane in the fuel but the claimed benefits of using the additive  

> act "as if" the octane had been increased by "ten points."  If I'm  

> correct, then the correct math equation(s) is not about how many  

> octane must be contained in a 6 oz bottle to increase 30 gallons by  

> 10 points, but rather how many additional octane "points" would be  

> required to produce the additional gas mileage that this stuff is  

> producing per tankful (assuming such add'l performance is actually  

> being produced.)

>

> It claims to lubricate the top end, clean injectors, etc.  So,  

> (assuming the claims are accurate) maybe it's just making the engine  

> more efficient rather than increasing the octane content of the fuel.

>

> Paul

>

> On Jul 10, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Bruce Mendel wrote:

>

>> So a $10.95 bottle will take you from 92 to 93 at best. And no way  

>> does it even do that mixed into 30 gallons..it's just simple math,  

>> it can't have enough octane to do it. Plus it says "octane effect",  

>> and I am not sure what they mean by that.

>>

>> Bruce

>

> Paul Samarin

> pauls at sbcglobal.net

>

>

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