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Old 02-06-2007, 12:56 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by 240sxDann View Post
exactly. I actually just learned a lot about fuel today in shop. I had thought that the difference in octanes was basically that the higher you go the hotter it has to be to burn, but I learned its actually that the higher octane you go, the slower it burns. So less energy from it, but able to run high compression w/out detonation.
thats why you make more power with less octane, but can be risky
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