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Xan 02-08-2010 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kannibul (Post 392715)
AFAIK, there are no ECU's that will advance timing (further) to compensate for higher octane fuels than required.

It's been 10 years since I worked at engine calibration at Jaguar, but I do remember the production tune we made was able to work in a wider operating area dependend on fuel rating/quality both upwards and downwards.

Active Ignition Timing
A nice write up of the principle used by others.

tvfreakazoid 02-08-2010 09:27 PM

i'm curious could you run a 100octane? There is a local 76gas station that sells them.

Xan 02-08-2010 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tvfreakazoid (Post 393813)
i'm curious could you run a 100octane? There is a local 76gas station that sells them.

Waste of money, unless you're running a tuned engine with enough compression/FI.


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