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On 30 Oct 2004 at 20:08, Everett Barnes 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. > > > The S motor required 95 RON according to specifications on the back of a > Notchback brochure I have. This is equivalent to 91 in the USA. > > More information: > http://type2.com/bartnik/octane.htm I thought I studied this a few years and came up with a smaller differential than the 4 points this article claims. I thought it was closer to 2 or 3, but that was certainly a while ago and my memory isn't as good as it used to be. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~