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Re: [oletrucks] Octane inquiry

To: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>, <MarkNoakes@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Octane inquiry
From: "Jimmy Whitley" <doodle@flintemc.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 21:58:19 -0400
I have to run 93 octane and 104  octane boost in my 383 stroker. There still
is a slight ping.
Jimmy

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Lake <lakek@oit.edu>
To: MarkNoakes@aol.com <MarkNoakes@aol.com>; oletrucks@autox.team.net
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Octane inquiry


>Amen!  Anything above about 9.5:1 is very difficult to find gas for these
>days (unless you have keys to the airport 100LL pumps  8^) ).  I had a
>302ci F#$d that was running 10.5:1 and a small-block Chevy (350ci)  that
>was 11.5:1,  both motors had a critical NEED for high octane gas.  I was
>buying 104+ Octane Boost by the case for about 2 years.  In very severe
>cases, detonation can blow a hole in the top or a piston, or even bend
>rods.  It is not something to look forward to.  A friends 396ci Chevy blew
>holes in the top of two pistons due to severe detonation.
>
>Kevin Lake
>56 GMC Suburban/napco
>----------
>> From: MarkNoakes@aol.com
>> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re:  [oletrucks] Octane inquiry
>> Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 4:12 PM
>>
><snip>
>>Try proving that high octane gas doesn't matter in an
>> 11:1 compression ratio late 60's muscle car.  Running low octane will
>destroy
>> them.
><snip>
>>
>> Anyone else?
>>
>> Mark Noakes
>> Knoxville, TN
>> 58/56 Suburban
>> 66 Corvair Monza
>> 86 Silverado
>> 86 Corvette Indy convertible
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>

oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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