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Old Thu, April 26th, 2012, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cleatus12r View Post
Just to expand on that a little more:

Increasing the octane level of the fuel by itself will do NOTHING in terms of performance (on a carburetted OR fuel injected vehicle) and in many cases will actually cause a LOSS of performance if no other steps are taken to take advantage of the anti-knock properties of higher-octane fuel.

Octane has NOTHING to do with the quality of the fuel or the power-producing qualities of the fuel. It burns slower....THAT'S IT.
Speaking of fuel quality. Is it just me or does it seem that over the coarse of the years, the quality of gas has gotten worse?
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