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Canadian Daves JustKDX
93 octane.....pros vs cons?
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[QUOTE="Rich Rohrich, post: 1338857, member: 16241"] Dan - It's heptane and 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane, but I definitely know what you mean. :) 2strokesrock - Octane rating is really nothing more than a measure of a fuel's resistance to auto-ignition. It's probably worth mentioning that if you raise the temperature of any combustible mixture high enough, it will ignite on its own. This is sometimes called the "spontaneous combustion point" or the "auto ignition temperature". Knock/detonation is a rapid uncontrolled rise in cylinder pressure caused by all or part of the fuel mixture reaching this auto-ignition temperature. The octane rating alone won't tell you anything about specific gravity, energy content (BTUs), flame speed, vapor pressure, or distillation curve, but it is an indication of how much heat and pressure it will tolerate before the reaction goes from smooth and controlled to detonation. If you are interested here's a link to an article I wrote in 1985 that was published in Dirt Rider magazine. I updated it about 8-10 years ago for Eric Gorr's website , but looking at it now it clearly needs to be updated again. :bang: That said, it might answer a few more questions for you. [url]http://www.ozsuperkart.net/formulavee/TechArticles/Fuels.htm[/url] Just so you guys don't think I EXPECT you to take my word for any of this stuff here are some excellent references on the subject Harold H. Schobert - The Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Fuels - Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd. Keith Owen, Trevor Coley - Automotive Fuels Reference Book - SAE - R151 H.P. Lenz - Mixture Formation in Spark-Ignition Engines - Springer-Verlag Oblad, Davis, & Eddinger - Thermal Hydrocarbon Chemistry Goodger - Hydrocarbon Fuels Germane, Wood, Hess - Lean Combustion in Spark-Ignited Internal Combustion Engines - A Review - SAE paper 831694 Z. Warhaft - An Introduction to Thermal Fluid Engineering - Cambridge University [/QUOTE]
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