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Re: 110 octane fuel???
[Re: lukendan]
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07/12/10 10:03 PM
07/12/10 10:03 PM
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Dads426
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The race fuel has lead in addition to the higher octane which will help the valve seats if you do a lot of driving. A 906 head 383 can get by with 93 pump gas if compression is held to 10.0 to 1. The open chamber design is prone to detonation if compression is higher and timing more than 34-36 degrees total. If it'll run on 93 without pinging, I wouldn't bother with race gas (most people use a 50/50 mix if they need it).
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Re: 110 octane fuel???
[Re: Dodgeguy101]
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07/13/10 06:49 PM
07/13/10 06:49 PM
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I have to ask, why would too much octane lower the power output? I would have thought, as least what I have read, that if the engine didn't need it, you were just wasting money. Can someone explain this please?
The actual energy content is lower with higher octane; higher octane takes MORE energy to ignite and more energy (heat) to keep the combustion going.
Octane is basically resistance to ignition.
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