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Aaron-Betta

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  1. It is physically impossible for fuel octane to effect the drivetrain gear ratio.

    Too true Ira. I didn't factor in the variables. One measurement of speed was done via GPS and referenced to data logging on lappy, on track with different wheel and tire combo. The other is in street trim, on the motorway, measured on dash (maybe my speedo is out :o ).

    I will have to give it a go next time i got to the track and test it with just 91 and use the GPS to measure speed.

  2. I usually run 91 in my 1990 SiR CRX, (1600cc DOHC vtec engine) but when I do fill up on 98 the difference is almost instant. Idles quieter, is a lot more throttle response and just feels smoother to drive. I find it is also more economical. (a difference of about 500rpm at 100kmph)

    I have been told that I nana drive my car around a lot due to using the gears and driving it below 3500rpm. Even driving like this I can achieve 100kph at 3500rpm. (also I dont see the point in wringing out each gear before changing like some idiots out there who see how fast they can get to 70kph in a 50kmph area) Driving like this, $20 dollars petrol can last me about 2 weeks if needed. On the other hand, I have been known to drive it hard on quiet country roads and twisty backroads, using the full rev range and vtec, where $20 dollars gas doesn't last very long.

    I am only young (22) and consider myself a 'car enthusiest' not a 'boy-racer' (as commonly labelled) but I can say that there is a lot of people out there that really need to learn the characteristics of their vehicles. There are so many unexperienced driving getting behind the wheels of not just high powered vehicles, but just a different vehicle to the one that they would usually drive, and having/causing accidents from pure inexperience of what to do in certain situations and not knowing their vehicles as well as they should/could. I guess I am lucky that I have had the opportunity to put my little car through its paces and test its limitation and find its faults in a safe enviroment. (a race track) And when I sit in my car and drive, it's like the car is part of me. I can feel and notice everything going on in the car and any little changes etc. But maybe I'm a little too obsessed. But I do think it's a little too easy to get a drivers licence these days. Maybe we should have driver's ed classes like the americans? Or compulsory defensive driving courses.

    Anywho, enough of my little rant. My opinion is, the higher the octane the cleaner and faster it burns, therefore better for late model vehicles. It helps keep the engine clean and free of build-ups.

  3. Re: destruction to the enviroment.

    I think that seeing as it's a yearly thing that the forum members partake in, the destruction of the enviroment would be fairly minor. 20 odd fish hunters for one day a year. It's not like 20 odd people go trampling through there daily.

  4. I feed my fish mozzie larvae caught from stinky green farm water, and they seem ok. ( I do give them a wash under fresh water before feeding out) Mind you another spot I collect from is a friends rainwater catch tanks, so pretty fresh clean water.

  5. start another small container. Collect every day for a week, than start on a new container.

    Or, Leave mop in tank for a week, then put mop into another tank and wait.

    Eggs may get eaten if left in with parents.

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