Mid Grade gas vs High Octane gas - better performance??

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

The higher the octane, the more retardant is added to stop pinging. It is the same gas basically. 
I agree with Peter, timing or possibly the upper cam off by one tooth.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter [mailto:peter@thescirocco.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 08:47 PM
>To: 'Don Walter', 'Scirocco List'
>Subject: Re: Mid Grade gas vs High Octane gas - better performance??
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>Sounds like the timing is way off, as in retarded.
>
>Peter
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Don Walter" <dswalterwi@gmail.com>
>To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 3:53 PM
>Subject: Mid Grade gas vs High Octane gas - better performance??
>
>
>> My son's 1.8L 16V swapped engine was running pretty good but he felt that 
>> it
>> was lacking power a bit in the mid to higher RPM's Initially we thought 
>> it
>> might be either running too rich or too lean. I haven't had a chance to 
>> put
>> a meter on it to find out. Today he filled it with Mid grade (89 octane)
>> gas and claims that it pulls strong all the way through the RPM range. 
>> Does
>> that sound right? Does that support that it may have been too rich to 
>> begin
>> with and the more volatile fuel is burning better? I don't want this to
>> turn in to a science project discussion either so let's keep it at the 5th
>> grade level.
>>
>> -- 
>> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
>> 1986 8V Black Scirocco (Daily Driver)
>> 1984 8V Audi 4000s (RIP 2/14/2006)
>> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
>> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
>> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
>> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
>> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
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