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But, But, But, Jim, Dump your CR? Then, what about getting the most air and fuel into your engine as possible? What about the hotrodders who use octane boosters to run their 12:1 big block chevys? What about turbocharging? Nitrous? Migod, man, you may put thousands in the speed shops put of work! (Yeh, right.) Seriously, anyone know of other serious, streetable, ecologically sound ways to deal with cruddy, low-octane gas? Toby Melissa & Jim wrote: <schnipp> > At the time I don't think this was considered "high-test", as 98 and > 101 or 103 were available. As octane has come down in an attempt to > keep gas prices stable the best solution is to reduce your > compression ratio any time you do a rebuild to accomodate what's now > commonly available. This seems to work with no loss of performance. > > Jim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Melissa Kepner Jim Adney > Laura Kepner-Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin > ---------------------------------------------------------------------