Let's talk octane...

Originally Posted by frost Why would mixing high octane with a regular octane be possibly risky? some fuel formulations don't blend well together. And running the aggressive map when it's

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11-06-2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

Why would mixing high octane with a regular octane be possibly risky?

some fuel formulations don't blend well together. And running the aggressive map when it's not suitable puts you at risk of detonation.

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX

With that being said, is there say a noticeable difference you could sense that you knew it was time to switch from say a 93 octane map to the racing fuel octane map or vis versa?

On my car, it wouldn;t run on 93 with the c16 map.

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