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Old 09-17-2010, 11:39 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Creeper View Post
Higher Octane would make a difference. Here in Canada we have 94 octane at some stations. While there is no Ethonal in most of the blends. The higher octane burns cleaner and better.
Got any evidence to back that up? I've heard many claim this but have never seen any testing done to back it up.

I'd agree with Patrick that its a waste and is useless unless the engine is programmed to take advantage of it.
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