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Old 05-Feb-2006, 12:28   #7
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Originally posted by jeff st4s
My mate in california nearly fell over when I said I was now using 97 octane not 95, he can struggle to find the minimum required to run his merc. 93.
In texas he says it can go down in to the mid 80's in octane, that why they all run big engines to get power, because the fuel is crap.

US fuel is rated on MON scale, we use RON scale, 95MON has a higher octane rating than 95RON
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