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Old 10-19-2015, 06:48 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
This gives me an idea. Octane booster could be held separately from low-octane fuel, and mixed as conditions dictate. The majority of the time that an engine operates, it doesn't require the full octane rating.

Colder air or higher elevations at light load would reduce the octane mixture. Heavier loads at lower elevations would increase the octane mixture.

Perhaps there would be cost and performance improvements by having continuously adjustable octane?
One of my fellow DSM guys did just what your talking about. He ran a secondary fuel pump, fuel cell, fuel regulator and a secondary set of injectors for race fuel. It work really well!!!
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