Thread: 93 octane fuel
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Old 09-04-2020, 11:01 PM   #13
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Default Re: 93 octane fuel

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Originally Posted by Karl View Post
My impression and my friends who have used higher octane gas in a variety of vintage vehicles is the car runs better -However its probably pyschological rather than scientific . The same pyschology that gets millions adding useless fuel additives to the gas tank.
When my dad was growing up in SE Massachusetts in the '30s, they lived behind his stepdad's gas station on rt 6. They sold something like 8 brands of gasoline. Flying A, Mobilgas etc and the loyal customers would swear by their particular favorite brand of gas... "ol Bessie won't even climb a hill on the cheapass stuff you're filling up on". Well, years later Dad told me they only had One underground tank and it was re-filled at night by a flat black painted fuel truck...
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