All you need to know
about octane levels (unless you happen to be part of a Formula One pit crew,) is that they are meant to match the compression ratio of your engine in order to prevent «knocking.»
Not exact matches
So as you can see, although it raises its
octane level, it decreases its efficiency to only 66 % that of good old fashioned gasoline (another point to the theory that todays gasoline doesn't go as far as it used to as it contains
about 10 % ethonal everywhere in the U.S.) also this is the reasoning for the moniker «flex fuel» equipped vehicles.
Octane level only says something about detonation resistance, the caloric value (amount of energy) in the fuel does not increase with a higher octane
Octane level only says something
about detonation resistance, the caloric value (amount of energy) in the fuel does not increase with a higher
octane octane level.
Onrush is all
about the speed featuring adrenaline filled high -
octane levels of racing.
To know for sure either way
about whether or not LA's smog included high
levels of suphates, you'd first have to know the typical sulphur
levels in Southern Californian
octane in the mid-1970s.