Return-Path: Received: from imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b4) with ESMTP id 123515 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:19:31 -0400 Received: from [68.215.48.141] by imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040604121900.IQME6802.imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[68.215.48.141]> for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:19:00 -0400 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:18:57 -0400 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Detonation From: Bulent Aliev To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 6/4/04 8:00 AM, "Mike Robert" wrote: > Bulent Aliev wrote: > >> Does anybody know if mixing oil in the fuel is beneficial at all in delaying >> detonation? >> Bulent >> >> >> >> >>>> >>>> > The theory I've heard is that it reduces octane and leans the mixture - > more oil = less gas - thereby making things more detonation prone. > > -Mike > Mike, I wanted to hear the opposite :( Bulent