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    Quote Originally Posted by stealthee View Post
    On the subject of octane.. You only need to run as much octane as needed to prevent knock. Running more octane than needed will hurt performance and fuel mileage.
    Not if the higher octane fuel contains less ethanol.

    Thats how shell fuel is setup here.

    87 has 10%, 89 has 5%, 91 has 0%.
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt5112 View Post
    Not if the higher octane fuel contains less ethanol.

    Thats how shell fuel is setup here.

    87 has 10%, 89 has 5%, 91 has 0%.
    Higher octane is harder to burn, whether or not it contains ethanol.


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