[Healeys] Specified Octane

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Sat Jun 20 18:47:36 MDT 2009


Don't know the octane but they were made to run on high test, so 100+
octane.  Since you can't get high test anymore, therein lies the
problem.

If you are building a standard street motor, keeping compression
between 8:1 - 9:1 will be the solution.

On 6/21/09, David Masucci <drmasucci at comcast.net> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what was the original octane number specified for a stock
> Phase 2 BJ8? Also what octane measurement method was being referenced or
> used back then.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> BJ8
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-- 
Alan

'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8


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