85octane offroad fuel?
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85octane offroad fuel?
A friend of mine who drove an 89 n/a streetport recently told me that he used to run 85octane offroad fuel and saw a reasonable power gain. Any thoughts on that?
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Its possible, these cars can run on surprisingly low octane fuel (the rotary has natural resistance to detonation). But, I'd be really surprised if he could feel any power difference.
Sure, lower octane fuel requires less heat to burn, so you could argue that lower octane fuel would burn faster and free up a tiny bit of power. But, think of it this way, if you switch from 87 to 93 octane at the pump, do you feel a "decent power loss"? No.
The fact of the matter is that changing the octane doesn't change the amount of energy available from the fuel, so the only way that changing octane would give much more power is if you run high octane and high boost.
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Sure, lower octane fuel requires less heat to burn, so you could argue that lower octane fuel would burn faster and free up a tiny bit of power. But, think of it this way, if you switch from 87 to 93 octane at the pump, do you feel a "decent power loss"? No.
The fact of the matter is that changing the octane doesn't change the amount of energy available from the fuel, so the only way that changing octane would give much more power is if you run high octane and high boost.
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No, the primary reason why people think this is because novices tend to run high octane fuel in their turbocharged engines and richen the mixture to "be safe". The rich mixture is what usually causes the carbon build-up. There are many other documented reasons for carbon build-up, but none of them are attributable to the octane rating of the fuel.
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[QUOTE=The octane rating is just measuring the fuel's resistance to knocking, nothing else. It does not necessarily indicate carbon build-up, power, economy, mojo, bling, gravitas, or anything else.
[url]http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/autos/aut12.shtm[/url]
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thanks thatll save me money at the pump for now
[url]http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/autos/aut12.shtm[/url]
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thanks thatll save me money at the pump for now
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Isn't the best Octane Rating for an N/A at 83?..(it's On here somewhere,If you search for it,it will "come"!)..and since that isn't available 87 Octane Pump gas is sufficient.
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Yeah, I used 89-90 when I filled up, since I believed when someone told me it's better to prevent detonation, since there is more air coming in. I can't count how much money I could have saved if I stayed at 87
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i know how you feel its depressing haha and yes if you increase compresstion enough you will need to increase octain
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No, I think that myth is from a misintrepetation of the book, "How to Modify Your RX-7" by Dave Emanuel.
The stock airflow meter measures the air so the computer can compensate and inject more or less fuel as necessary.
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