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Old 08-14-2004, 02:21 AM
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I'm not an internal combustion engineer but...the generally held theory is that higher octane fuel will not produce more horsepower without higher cylinder compression to take advantage of it.

I'm a member of several vintage racing lists and this conversation comes up frequently - and there are engineers and professional racing engine builders on those lists and they seem to agree on that theory...

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