I will have to 110% disagree with this... Here is the breakdown of fuel... 91 octane Premium (or 92 in some places) contrary to what people say does not "burn cleaner". You do not get better gas mileage. The higher the octane the less likely detonation is to occur, that's all. In order to get more power you need more air/fuel mix ratio forced into the combustion chamber... In other words the octane rating does not relate at all to the energy content of the fuel, only the likelyhood of the fuel to burn rather than to explode (detonate). Compression is what relates to power and as compression increases so does detonations proabability but so does power. What do you think a turbo does?? Thats why people put thicker head gaskets and higher octane fuel to compensate when putting on a turbo because with more air means more compression, and more compression means detonation... However if we were to all ran N/A compression and REALLY high octance fuel, detonation would less likely occur... (theoretically) but each build is it's own... I think you guys get it.... ALSO when you go to a gas station that offers reg, mid, and prem fuel there is only 2 tanks of fuel: low octane and high octane. Premium means that you get more from the high octane tank and a little less from the low octane. Hence why when you see a gas truck there are only 3 outlet holes in the trailer: Low octane, High octane and Desiel.. Hope that answers some questions.
Since everything we are doing to our cars is a science if we study how everything works together we could tune our cars more effectively.... No go burn some rubber....
