<< george wright wrote:
 >
 > Just a comment.  About 30 years ago I bought my wife a new RX-3.  When I
was
 > reading the manual it stated that it would run on 60 octane!  I had a
 > brother in law working for customs who borrowed it and would fill it up
 > across the border from Pemex with stuff that might have be 10% urine by
 > volume.  It ran fine.  And the engine didn't seem particularly hot running.
 > It did have seal issues.  What I'm wondering is if the modern high output
 > types might not demand very high octane fuels.  I've been told that they
use
 > 95 octane premium in Japan.

We race on 93 octane pump gas. And premix 8 ozs of  Redline 2 cycle oil in
each 5 galons of that fuel. We have raced on 87 octane without ill effect.

Lynn E. Hanover

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