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Old 07-28-2009, 05:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
mobythevan
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Yeah, that bugs me too. The only possible way they would get more power is if the computer has been pulling timing because of knock with low octane and then they put in higher octane and the timing is allowed to advance by the computer. I doubt that happens very often.
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