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Originally Posted by DJJSR
Just an FYI - You can actually lose performance by running octane that is higher than necessary (higher octane is slower burning). You may also cause some damage. You might want to do a little research before you put 110 in your car.
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Actually the octane # required is determined by, at what point the mixture will ignite based on compression and spark advance. Running 100 unleaded in a stock engine will not hurt anything and once ignited the flame front moves much faster across the combustion chamber which produces a bigger bang. So you won't loose performance, but rather gain. This information comes from the lonely Unical information man in Santa Barbara.
Jonathan
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