98 Octane Fuel

[rktmanfj]

Net net, a barrel of oil remains measured in USD,

There is currently a push going on to change this...

Randy T
Indy

[Dan Filetti]

Net net, a barrel of oil remains measured in USD,

There is currently a push going on to change this...

Thread Hijack...

That's a lot of talk, that's it.  What are they going to change it to?  The Yuan? -not for another 10-15 years -there, the Euro -a currency that may not exist in another 5 years -let's face it, if Germany needs to bail out Spain or Ireland (and let's not forget the shenanigans the Italians had to pull, just to get IN to the EU -they're probably not far behind), then it'll collapse -no doubt.

So where's it going to go?

Dan

[rktmanfj]

Net net, a barrel of oil remains measured in USD,

There is currently a push going on to change this...

Thread Hijack...

That's a lot of talk, that's it.  What are they going to change it to?  The Yuan? -not for another 10-15 years -there, the Euro -a currency that may not exist in another 5 years -let's face it, if Germany needs to bail out Spain or Ireland (and let's not forget the shenanigans the Italians had to pull, just to get IN to the EU -they're probably not far behind), then it'll collapse -no doubt.

So where's it going to go?

Dan

Depends on which happens first, I guess... the seemingly imminent collapse of the EU and the euro, or the dominoes stating to fall stateside.  3 of the 50 are near complete financial collapse.

The Yuan wouldn't be a bad bet, since they are about the single biggest holder of US gov't debt, and the biggest 'emerging market' (i.e. increasing their use of oil exponentially).

Randy T
Indy

[Harvy]

Net net, a barrel of oil remains measured in USD,

There is currently a push going on to change this...

Randy T
Indy

Here in Aus, the price of petrol is based on the Singapore dollar value per barrel......supposedly???

Harvy

[roverfj1200]

Net net, a barrel of oil remains measured in USD,

There is currently a push going on to change this...

Randy T
Indy

Here in Aus, the price of petrol is based on the Singapore dollar value per barrel......supposedly???

Harvy

But the USD price quote on news reports.. Go figure..

[rktmanfj]

Net net, a barrel of oil remains measured in USD,

There is currently a push going on to change this...

Randy T
Indy

Here in Aus, the price of petrol is based on the Singapore dollar value per barrel......supposedly???

Harvy

But the USD price quote on news reports.. Go figure..

This might help...

http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/hard-currency/2008/01/10/

Randy T
Indy

[Kopfjaeger]

ok i may have to eat my hat again... but thats ok....been running Vortex 98 octane in the old girl, and this convo has got me thinking, my old girl is running a bit hot so with all the fire warnings and petrol tap replacements and/or mods i got serious yesterday. carbs all pulling the same amount of pressure, nicley balanced thank you!!! but pulled the plugs and well here they are. you make up your own mind i know what im going to do. the discolouration on the shoe of number 4 plug ( the two bands and the strip round it)   have me a bit worried but as i said i know what im going to do. Im thinking that the detonation was close ? but again as someone quoted..." how could you tell over the noise of the engine??"  L  to R 1 2 3 4    No. 4 Plug

[rktmanfj]

Im thinking that the detonation was close ? but again as someone quoted..." how could you tell over the noise of the engine??" 

Even with the typical FJ engine noise, detonation can be clearly heard when it occurs.  DAMHIKIJKOK?

Randy T
Indy

[roverfj1200]

How old are the plugs.. The only prob I see is No2 is a slight bit sooty..

[Kopfjaeger]

about a month old. yeah no 2 had me worried a bit. what it doesnt show in the pics is 1/2 the plug on numbers 1,3 & 4 is a light tan and the other pretty white. been led to believe that they should be running a light grey and/or tan colour, it is running a bit rough,  idle isnt a smooth brrrrrrrrrrr.... but a bit lumpy brrr br brr brr brrrrrrrr, hence the reason why i checked the carbs, they seem good, had troubles before with shell v max, if i remeber correctly it wasnt that great for bikes as it didnt atomise fully, wether they had fixed that i dont know. gunna throw some new plugs in and drop back to 95octane. bit of a suck it and see excersize...... more concerned with the heat going through the shoe of the plugs..... cant remeber if thats normal.... i mean i know they get hot , but that seems to localized and im a bit of a paranoid android. anyhoo just thought id share, dont want to sidetrack the post!!!