by Richard Saare

Created on: September 21, 2008

Is Regular Gasoline the same as Premium gas for your car,

NO!

Regular Gasoline has and always will have a lower Octane Level, RON, Research Octane Number than Premium Gasoline. Iso-Octane is an additive that controls the burn ratio of gasoline. A smooth concentric burn is far more efficient than an explosive burn, in that it will not damage integral engine components and more reciprocal energy will be derived. Detonation expends all of its energy immediately and leaves nothing to continue the downward recipricol effect on the piston. When the valves are closed and the spark plugs ignites the air/fuel mixture, oxygen/gasoline, there is a average of 14,000 psi or 7 tons of pressure delivered by the burning and therefore expansion of the fuel/oxygen mixture. Peak performance ratio is at sea level, 14-1, or 14 parts air to 1 part fuel. Camned piston wrist pin bosses and eccentric pistons that when at operating temperatures heat up and expand to a concentric, (round) shape and size have come along way to prevent poor engine performance.

When an engine is out of time and or has improperly functioning valves it will ping, (pre-ignition), knock, (sideways closure of valves or valve chatter), and detonate/dieseling, (exploding of the fuel air mixture). All of these are murderous to the longevity and performance of an engine. Higher Octane levels ensure a smoother burn and more even heat distribution during the ignition sequence. The more evenly the gases burn the more evenly the expansion pressures are distributed across the crown of the piston developing more downward pressure, (reciprocal energy). Another result of poor fuel/air/octane ratio burn is non-concentric downward thrust on the piston crown causing angular pressure on the precision insert bearings, or Babbitt Bearings on the Rods and crankshaft.

These precision insert bearings are made of, (listed by quantity), Aluminum, tin, nickel, and rod bearings also have a small amount of silver to detect by Spectra-Analysis the potential cause of failure and which bearing failed by extracting fragments of metal from the oil in the oil pan. Another critical facture of poor burn ratio: this creates uneven heat transfer, (extraction of heat) by the oil shot at the underside of the Pin Boss to cool the piston before the exhaust stroke, critical heat extraction/transfer must be done evenly: uneven heat transfer will cause the piston the become elliptical and create drag and or immediately cease the piston on the cylinder wall.

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