FW: Ethanol-free gas

[SHAWN R CROSGROVE]

Folks,
 
Last weekend I met George McPheeters at the Heber City Airport.  He is interested in finding a location that sells Ethanol-free Mogas for his airplane.  Apparently the Heber City Airport Airport doesn't have any nor do the Regular Gas Stations. 
 
Any ideas?

Thanks,
 
Shawn Crosgrove, EAA 0614266
President
EAA Chapter 23, Salt Lake City, UT
www.eaa23.org
 
3524 Winding Creek Cove
Riverton, UT 84065
801-568-2571 hm
801-537-4047 wk
801-381-4402 cell
 
"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will long to return" - Leonardo da Vinci



 
From: georgemc...@gmail.com
To: Shawn_C...@msn.com
Subject: Etoh free gas
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:09:43 -0600
 
Any info would be appreciated. I belong to eaa and aopa! Thanks

[Cory]

At least for now, that Harmons station in The District in South Jordan has E0 has until January.

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[Cory]

Another good bet is marina gas suppliers.  Boats hate enthanol.

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[Todd Parker]

I would like to add a note about ethanol free gasoline.

 

I started using ethanol free gasoline 17 months ago when I bought a new Honda Civic. I happened upon using E-free gas by chance. My first few tanks of gas were purchased at Chevron and I averaged about 37 mpg. When I purchase gas at Smith's Market, my mpg suddenly dropped to 33 mpg. So I alternated between the two for several tanks and discovered a strong correlation and consistent results while purchasing the same grade of fuel at both. I occurred to me the difference might be the ethanol level, so I searched and found that a station 1 block from my work in Orem had E-free gas. My mileage jumped to 42 mpg average and freeway jumped to 54 mpg giving my car a range of 520 miles at average consumption.

 

I shared my findings with friends at work and family at home. They all reported similar improvements in mileage and better power and responsiveness from their engines. The E-Free gas costs about $0.30/gal more (7-10%) but gives 20% to 30% better mileage. I highly recommend giving it a try in your vehicles.

 

On a side note to this, my neighbor is the head of the Utah Division of Air Quality. (you will frequently see him interviewed on the news.) When I told him about my results he nodded and said the State had done their own study several years ago and found that adding ethanol neither helped with mileage nor did it reduce air pollution. They had taken the test results and petitioned the Federal Government to be exempted from the ethanol mandates, but were denied even though the data clearly showed a net detriment by using ethanol.

 

You can do your own analysis.

 

Todd Parker