Re: Fuel

[Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>]

At 05:52 PM 06/12/00 -0700, mark holbrook wrote:

>Yes I know that back in the day Triumphs were designed
>to run on 100 octane.  ... I have had no
>problems with pinging using 94 as a daily driver
>driven hard.  Also I'm not sure if you are aware of
>this but the Brit's had a different octane scale than
>the Yank's.  Whether it is a higher standard or lower
>than the US Im not sure, but the car seems to scream
>the answer.



>Mark,

Posted octane on US fuel pumps is an average of the motor and research 
octane.  The Brits use the higher of the two.

So a US 92 octane premium corresponds to 95 or so in the UK.

May be off a point or two but the basic comparison is right.

Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire (runs 87 US octane)
Succasunna, NJ USA