92 octane in my chev inline 261. Of course I did not build it for economy.
Ralph Linnell
"ChevySix"
ChevySix@seatac.net
http://www.seatac.net/chevysix/
Inliners International Membership Chairman
Inliner # 2132
----- Original Message -----
From: <Passnb4U@aol.com>
To: <lloydt@Colorado.EDU>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Octane inquiry
> In a message dated 5/31/99 1:52:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> lloydt@Colorado.EDU writes:
>
> << Just had an interesting conversation with a friend, who informed me
that a
> mechanic recently told him that the octane of your gasoline only matters
> if you have a newer engine that can adjust to differing octanes.
> How much truth is there in this, and what octanes are people burning in
> their ole trucks? (My '54 3100 has the straight six engine in it.)
>
> Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org >>
>
>
> Regular in my '59 235, 87 octane.
>
> Mike
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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