<< 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

    I fly my Coot one 87 pump gas with no problem and I think I push
it harder than most as I fly at a gross weight of 3200 lbs and I push
an extra 100 hp on nitrous to lift it out of the water.
   Ken Welter

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