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[Brooks]

A few years ago I spoke with a refinery about the octane ratings...I was 
told the proper terms (I forget them now) however the method has changed in 
how the octane is calculated ...in the seventies the number for octane was 
higher than the very same grade would calculate using todays standards....it 
has something to do with the mixes that we now use today as well. I asked 
about the fuel octane boosters that we can find at most auto supplies 
depots...he laughed about it...apparently we would need to use a whole case 
of those little bottles to make any difference.

 Regards

 Dennis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Kinard" <kkinard at swbell.net>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] No messages


> Hi Paul,
> The US does compute octane differently.  All petrol pumps have a sign on 
> them which explains that advertised octane numbers are computed by 
> averaging the "motor octane number" and the "research octane number". The 
> motor method is an older means of determining octane by burning the fuel 
> in a standard test engine and measuring the the compression ratio of the 
> point at which preignition occurs. If I'm slightly off in my explanation 
> someone can correct me.
>
> Rovercompressedly,
> Kent K.
>
> Paul Smith wrote:
>> Since the Research Octane Number was developed in Britain by Sir Harry
>> Ricardo and relates to the effective percentage of Octane vs Cetane, I 
>> must
>> Wonder what numbers the Americans use; how can you have a lower number,
>> unless "octane" has a different meaning in US....
>>
>> PVS
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Huttemeier [mailto:peterhut at melbpc.org.au]
>> Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2005 2:19 pm
>> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] No messages
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:20:00 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>You guys in the UK must use a different octane standard that we do. 
>>>Typical
>>
>>
>>>numbers here in the US are;
>>
>>
>> No we are in Oz. Cheers,
>>
>> Peter H
>>
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