Ron,
Does this mean that if I run the standard 93 octane
unleaded Florida gas at $131.9 a gallon (today) I will get 500 HP?
At 10:19 AM 11/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Two interesting items in Hot Rod Magazine Dec 2001;
>
>1 Best Street Freak Ed Gira, Orange Ca, 1959 Hillman Husky, tube
>frame rails, 392 Hemi engine, color, bright orange and only the hint of a
>blower scoop in the hood. I'm sure there are other mods but it looks very
>clean.
>
>2 "Octane Shootout" This is a short article about running a 360
>engine w/ 10.4:1 compression on a dyno to find max hp and torque with
>several octane fuels.
>
> 87 octane unleaded 396 hp @ 36 deg timing / 404.7 lb-ft
>@ 31 deg
> 87 with 104+ octane booster 397.9 @ 36 deg timing / 406.8 @ 31
>deg
> 91 unleaded 402.1 @ 36 deg timing / 409.4 @ 36
>deg
> 91 w/ 104+ 399.8 @ 38 deg timing / 404.4 @ 34
>deg
> 100 unleaded 403.5 @ 36 deg timing / 407.8 @ 34
>deg
> 114 leaded 408.3 @ 31 deg timing / 414.4 @ 31
>deg
>
> Each test ran timing from 31 deg to max of 40 deg to find peak hp
>and peak torque. Interesting that 104+ octane boost works well with low
>octane fuel but produced less hp with higher octane fuel and that 114
>octane fuel needed less timing to get max hp and max torque. Dyno tests
>were run at Superior Automotive Anaheim Ca.
>
>Ron Fraser
>
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