Re: High Altitude???

["Mike Miller" <JoMi@email.msn.com>]

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From: <Powells@ezlink.com>

>I found that gas up here is 91/87/85 (premium/plus/regular) octane,
>as opposed to the 93/98/87 which I found in Texas.  I also found
>that my wife had been filling up at a Sinclair station.  I wondered if
>the Sinclair gas's octane might be too low, causing the engine to
>knock and timing to be retarded, causing in turn a lack of boost...


Altitude affects octane. 87 octane at sea level is only about 85 octane at
5000 feet as I recall.

mike
91 200q - 1.7 bar with OAT on 99 - yee haa!!