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Old 04-20-2012, 09:19 PM
Seadog Seadog is offline
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Originally Posted by winny View Post
Ignoring the tit for tat for a moment.

Can anyone tell me if a Merlin that had been converted to 100 could run on 87?

I don't want guesses or in my experience answers.. Please.

The reason I ask is that it appears that in the German machines it was not possible to interchange the fuel. (87 oct B-4 & 100 oct C-3) (Fighter Arm pamphlet Nr.1410144)

Also I recall reading somewhere that a converted Merlin would not run on 87 because of the modifications. I cannot find where I read it though.. Maybe I dreamt it!
The 100 octane mods specify different plugs. Typically you will not want to run 87 octane in an engine with 100 octane plugs.