Do any of you guys have to deal with the EPA's reformulated gas? We get it starting next week and I was wondering what side affects I can expect on a turbo car and how much it will affect my a/f ratio

 

never heard of this ****, what exactly is it?

 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/rfg.htm
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/scienc....html

Its a bunch of bullshit......from everything that I've read, this stuff isn't really going to help any, but due to the blends, it will decrease vehicle performance. Supposedly, it will cause hard starting and lost of power because it contains reduced sulfur, benzene, aromatics, olefins & increased oxygen

 

No body lives in any of the areas with reformulated gas?

 

Pink shows where RFG is in place.



Georgia looks wide open to me, thank goodness.

 

We've had the refurmulated fuel here in the L.A. area for over 10 years now. Most newer fuel injected cars have no problem with it, but older carbureted cars may experience slightly more difficult hot starting. The reformulated fuel is designed to burn cleaner, and to reduce vapor emissions when parked, among other things. There does seem to be a slight reduction in power potential because the energy density of the fuel has been reduced, but it should be no more than a few percent.

One of the reasons for the reformulated fuel were because a large percentage of vehicles are nowhere near peak tune and those are the ones that are most polluting. This is a way to address that problem while also helping perfectly tuned cars to be even cleaner.

 

Its bullshit if you ask me, according to some of the scientists here, it will only reduce emissions by a millionth of a percent, yet cause gas prices to go up .15 and hurt performance. By the time you factor in the fact that you get worse gas mileage with this crap, it doesn't even reduce pollution. I really hate the EPA.

 

if thats correct then in houston its allready in place???? people here have no problem with it that i know of. i cant tell any difference. gas prices here are pretty cheap compared to elsewhere. so whats the big deal???