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Old 10-15-2019, 05:12 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
No reason for higher octane fuel under normal conditions, no, since the ECU will only ever subtract (retard) timing, and never advance it.
Once a former neighbor of my grandparents from mother's side got a 5th-gen Civic VTi and attempted to convert it to ethanol believing it would respond better to forced induction. When he told me about the electronics of that engine I inquired him if it wasn't actually rendering his car with flexfuel ability, and it actually kept running better on gasoline...
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