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Re: Fuel

To: av342@lafn.org (Steven Laifman)
Subject: Re: Fuel
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 96 14:05:21 PST
> know this.  The mid grade gas, unless diluted with alcohol, should
> perform well with compression ratios up to 9:1.  The Higher 92 grade
> should be O.K. to 10, maybe 10.5, but may require some retardation below
> optimal.  Any C/R above that, and lots of luck.  Alcohol will cool the
> flame temperatures down, diminishing pinging, but at the cost of power. 
> 
> Steve
> 

The beater 289 in my snake w/8.5 CR and 150 kmiles or so of carbon 
build up runs just fine on the cheapest 87 octane I can fine.

Roland

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