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On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 21:04, Jacin Ferreira wrote: > Hmmm.. I could have sworn that Everett had mentioned that the > requirement for 96 octane wasn't correct any more. I think this was > because the octane ratings have changed since '64/'65 and that today's > current 91/93 octane gas was more than enough for the 1500S pistons. > > Please correct me if I'm wrong on this one but I could have sworn that > there was a discussion similar to this on the list a few months back > when I got my 1500S pistons at the classic. How can I tell what brand > they are? > Any way you look at it, around where I live 93 is hard to find. You have to drive out of your way to get anything over 90 octane. Besides, after working on these engines for over 40 years, I personally dont like the "S" pistons for everyday driving. I would rather have bigger bore and lower compression ratio. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~