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Old 07-14-2012, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by TomcatViP View Post
If you change the fuel, the minimum you wld need is to modify the compression volume and material of the pistons/cylinders that you have an equivalent heat flux. Today, tuner can play with the injection para to artificially reset the volume or modify the air compression ratio playing with the boost ratio (carburated and injected) .

But this imply modifying extensively the engine. Especially if your daily hobby is a long and lonely flight in a single engine plane above the sea!
You need to understand the difference between detonation and deflagration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflagration

Lower octane fuel detonates.
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