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Old 06-02-2008, 04:01 AM   #12 (permalink)
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^ There is a possible explanation to that on FI modern cars, but I dunno if it applies to old carb cars. The theory is, the car gets old and carbon deposits on the piston increases the compression. At a higher than normal compression, it would mean the car would run better with more octane.
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