Posted by LA in Wi. on December 28, 2007 at 07:01:08 from (71.98.10.56):
In Reply to: Re: 87 or 92 Octane Gas posted by Allan In NE on December 28, 2007 at 03:27:03:
Allan,
My dad had a 1948 "98" Oldsmobile. That was the deluxe model, about like the Buick Roadmaster. The "98" had a straight 8 engine and had to burn high test, but in those days, the 1940s and 1950s, it was called "Ethyl". I can still hear my dad pulling up to the gas pumps and telling the attendant to "fill "er up with Ethyl". (No self serve in those days.) The mid-range Olds were called "88" and even a low cost one called "76" I think....that one had a 6 cyl engine. There was just the 2 basic gasolines; Ethyl and Regular. No signs on the pumps those days telling what the octane was, from what I recall. He had that 98 up until about "58. Olds brought out the high-compression "Rocket 88" V8 and Rocket "98" V8 in 1949 and always heard that those V8s had to burn Ethyl, but might have just been bragging stories. Funny how people always think higher octane means more power. T"ain"t so.
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