Fuel octane refers to the measure of a fuel's resistance to knocking. It indicates how well the fuel can withstand compression before igniting prematurely. Higher octane fuels provide better performance for high-performance engines, while lower octane fuels are suitable for regular engines.
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Sentences with «fuel octane»
- A diesel engine has an expansion ratio approaching 30:1 whereas a gasoline engine rarely can exceed 13:1 due to considerations of detonation with average fuel octane ratings. (mechanics.stackexchange.com)
- I like that it lowers fuel octane requirements, though. (autoline.tv)
- The Challenger SRT Demon is engineered to be able to run on a mix of 100 + octane and premium unleaded fuels without hurting the engine, but the high - octane function won't activate if the combined fuel octane is too low. (cheersandgears.com)
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