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Forum: General Fuel Topics

10-14-2008, 06:22 AM

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Good bye Good Mileage??

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Posted By theholycow

If is transfers heat better, then the items...

If is transfers heat better, then the items generating the heat would have it transferred away more quickly, and therefore would take longer to warm up (though, importantly, the oil itself would warm...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

10-13-2008, 07:36 AM

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Good bye Good Mileage??

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Posted By theholycow

Synthetic fluids are known for reducing friction...

Synthetic fluids are known for reducing friction and better cooling (through imrpoved heat transfer). Those qualities, if true, would make me think that the drivetrain would warm up slower with...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

10-12-2008, 06:13 PM

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Good bye Good Mileage??

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Posted By theholycow

:thumbup: Now there's some good explanations....

:thumbup: Now there's some good explanations. Unfortunately, there's nothing new there. The only new (to me) information is that it actually results in reduced MPG.

Forum: General Fuel Topics

10-12-2008, 04:06 PM

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Good bye Good Mileage??

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Posted By theholycow

That doesn't tell me anything about why it gets...

That doesn't tell me anything about why it gets lower FE on high octane gas.

What does that mean, besides compression ratio / timing?

What is it about higher octane rated gas that makes it...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

10-12-2008, 01:06 PM

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Good bye Good Mileage??

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Posted By theholycow

Any guesses why? As I said, I don't recall ever...

Any guesses why? As I said, I don't recall ever hearing of anybody else who observed that data, but it's interesting if true. It behooves us to find out why; this is the sort of thing that eventually...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

10-12-2008, 04:16 AM

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Good bye Good Mileage??

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Posted By theholycow

I don't think I've ever heard of that. Can you...

I don't think I've ever heard of that. Can you explain it more?

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