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Originally Posted by TomcatViP
More over I hve a thousand times explained and showed that there is no sense to believe that 100 octane will provide a tremendous augmentation of pow in an eng that was not specifically built for that fuel.
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So why do the instructions for the mods to the engine for the use of 100 octane fuel not mention anything about beefing up the engine? Just maybe it is because beefing up the engine wasn't required as it was already strong enough.
Even you gospel, FLIGHT, says the early Merlin was ran at 22lb boost.