02-11-2011, 12:34 PM
For what it's worth, back when I was in high school, diesel fuel was about half the cost of Sunoco 260, the 102 octane gasoline we all ran in our hot rods in the '60's. It was, octane-wise, almost the equal to "aviation" fuel, which I believe was a few points higher. As I recall, 260 ran about 23 cents a gallon. My brother's and my '49 Ford Tudor with the Full-House '53 Merc Flathead in it got about 12 miles to the gallon! 
... but it was very quick!
I may be mistaken, I'm not a Chemical Engineer, but it is my understanding that in the refining of a barrel of oil, diesel comes off a couple of refinement steps before gasoline. That's what I was lead to belive back in high school science class, if I remember correctly (it was a year or two ago) but then, what do I know ...
... but it was very quick!
I may be mistaken, I'm not a Chemical Engineer, but it is my understanding that in the refining of a barrel of oil, diesel comes off a couple of refinement steps before gasoline. That's what I was lead to belive back in high school science class, if I remember correctly (it was a year or two ago) but then, what do I know ...
biL
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln