Re: Fuel Octane for 86 4KS - Curious what u guys r using

[eyvind.spangen@c2i.net (Eyvind Spangen)]

On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:25:20 -0500 (EST), you wrote:

>Hairy green toads from Mars made Fourkguy@aol.com say:
>
>> Just want to hear from you guys on the subject of fuel octane. Been using
>> super in my 86 4KS to eliminate afterrun. Gonna try techron to clean the
>> injectors, & see how that works. Always interested what you guys think about
>> things like this.
>
>I've been running my NF engine 100Q on plain old 87 for
>170K miles now, runs just fine.

Are the US octane numbers using a different scale than Europe?
Here in Norway, we have only got 95 and 98 octane, while you in US
have got as low as 87 octane. BTW: My dad's '90 Camry has got an
"octane selector" which is switchable between "normal" and "super".
The dealer told us that the "normal" position was for normal US gas,
(that's 87, right) and the "super" for US premium and all gas in
western Europe, because of the high octane used here.

ES