[W126 Coupe] New Engine

[Jay Hirsch]

The   words should have been "real high octane fuel"  not a  gas pump  
that says  92  or 93 when what is in pump is 89.
On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Dan Landiss wrote:


> That would scare the hell out of me. I cannot think of any  

> "pressure" setting on that engine that would affect its octane  

> requirement; nor am I aware that high-octane gas is hard to find.  

> He may have a lot of old-school experience but the phrasing used  

> leads me to wonder if he does some things just because he heard  

> they made a difference.

>

> on 11/9/2010 8:20 AM calvin young wrote:

>>

>> He even set up the engine so that it could use regular fuel by  

>> changing the pressure.  His rationale was that you could      not  

>> get good hi test gas in much of the country anyway so why pay the  

>> extra cost.

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