Thread: Octane?
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Old 08-14-2004, 05:16 AM
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Um, yeah. Here's the deal. If the car was engineered to run on 87 octane, it won't do you any good to run 93+. There is no more power to be had. No more cleanliness to be had. To take advantage of higher octane, an engine must have a higher compression ratio, or must be supercharged/turbo charged.
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