Re: Re: [T3] Engine noise

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

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> your 96 is probably the same as our 88 octane... move up the octane rating 
> or tear your engine >apart and shim the barrels to lower the compression 
> of the engine.

The American system is different from ours and the numbers here are higher. 
I don't know exactly how much higher.

I never considered the compression ratio. Is it likely that some past engine 
work could have raised it, thereby raising the octane requirement of my 
engine?


Daniel 

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