From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
> "Don Hills"  wrote in message
> news:qmxWEtgaXCWM092yn{at}attglobal.net...
>>> Burning airplane fuel, not the crap we run here.
>> An engine designed to run optimally on a given octane rating fuel will not
>> run better on a higher octane fuel. Higher octane fuel does not have
>> significantly more energy per gallon than low octane fuel. It is simply
>> more
>> resistant to detonation, which allows the engine to have a higher
>> compression ratio and thus BMEP (Brake Mean Effective Pressure), in other
>> words develop more power from each combustion cycle. Many performance-
>> oriented Euro cars are designed to run on a higher octane rating fuel than
>> that commonly available in the US. This might explain the difference -
>> higher compression ratio yields both more power and higher fuel economy.
>
> Hey you can't do that, bring reasonable information into a frtuiful,
> intelligent discussion just like that! And anyways, mine is still bigger
> than yours no matter what you say!
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
> (just trying to get the discussion back on the right track )
>
>

Not merely that but airplane fuel is simple kerosene/paraffin so....

Adam

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