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Subject:Re: Good explanation of Octane rating
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:10:03 +1200

So super in USA is 91 octane? I thought fuel in NZ was substandard, but
that's our REGULAR rating. Super here is 96.  Wish the pumps sold avgas
(100).

I always ran my 57 1200 and my 1600s (both rebuilt 1300s) on super. The
1200 barely ran at all on regular! Top speed about 30mph...

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