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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:24:18 GMT
From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com>
Subject: Re: occasional use of high octane petrol




>
> One other reason that I think the B201 Saab engines run better on
> higher-octane fuel is because they produce most of their power in the 3000
> to 4000 rpm range.
>


It's more that they're high performance engines designed to produce a lot of
power from a small displacement. The cam profile, compression ratio, and
ignition timing are optimized for the most power with the least amount of
detonation so they'll perform better on higher octane fuel.
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