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Date:         Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:09:44 -0400
Reply-To:     Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Good explanation of Octane rating
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
In-Reply-To:  <v01550108b750251c2652@[203.96.106.213]>
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on 6/15/01 4:10 AM, Andrew Grebneff at andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ
wrote:


> So super in USA is 91 octane? I thought fuel in NZ was substandard, but
> that's our REGULAR rating. Super here is 96.  Wish the pumps sold avgas
> (100).
>
> I always ran my 57 1200 and my 1600s (both rebuilt 1300s) on super. The
> 1200 barely ran at all on regular! Top speed about 30mph...
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
> ph   64 (3) 473-8863
> fax 64 (3) 479-7527
> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
> www.goingplatinum.com/member/vw1
> www.highyieldcrusaders.ws/ref.html?ref=vw
> www.aciimoney.com/index.shtml?vw1
> VW & Toyota vans, Toyota diesels and Macintoshes rule


There are two measures of octane.  The Research octane number and the Pump
octane number.  In north america the pumps list the average of these two
numbers.  In most of the rest of the world the (higher) Reserach octane
number is shown on the pumps.  Thus 87 octane in in north america is the
same as 91 octane in Europe.
--
Miguel
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