Well, possibly yes if comparing different brands, as Tony was
describing. The RFG-II formulation now phasing in here is admitted by
the Environmental Protection Agency to suffer about a 2% power/economy
hit, as compared to RFG-I (the stuff with MTBE, now deemed bad for the
environment). And if gov't says 2%, figure how much? <g>
Regards,
Fred F., A063
Peter van Schoonhoven wrote:
>
> Now we are supposed to believe that you can get more horsepower out of fuel
> with a higher octane rating? Oh Please! Octane only relates to the
> anti-detonation characteristics of the fuel, not the amount of power it can
> make. Unless you can increase the compression ratio when you go to the
> higher octane fuel you will get the same power output. You either have
> enough octane to prevent detonation or you don't, and putting a higher
> octane fuel in than you need will provide no additional benefit, except
> make the oil companies richer.
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