It's not the octane number that makes the difference. It's the fact that I can use a more advanced timing curve with better fuel with my particular engine.
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You are actually saying that 110 racing fuel doesn't help give you more power than regular pump gas????? You can say that after you have used it in your car and endorsed it in the past? Flip flop, flip flop....
Run with the wind at your back and maybe you'll stay ahead of your misquotes. Show me where I said that.
I've never said that the MaxLead was a cure-all, did I? Yes, it does reduce knocking. But it doesn't add more power. Adding timing with MaxLead alone does not help much. Besides the high "octane rating", racing fuel has a different formulation. It's probably lower in detergents, alcohol and other semi-combustible or incombustible crap and higher in the percentage of power-making hydrocarbons. But I am not a fuel chemist, so my observations are my personal experiences with my own vehicles.
I know that Sunoco 106 make a big power difference in my '67 Honda 50, raising the top speed from 45 to around 55. It never knocked, so it wasn't the octane rating.
Last edited by Yellowbird; 06/08/0703:57 PM.
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