Octane number
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Definitions
Measure of fuel's resistance to engine knocking
Gerry community context
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- Re: Octane ratings
Historical mailing list · Mon, 24 Jun 1996 20:31:46 -0400
...Also, one octane rating is NOT necessarily like another octane rating. A higher octane number is an indication of the fuel's ability to...
- Re: Octane
Historical mailing list · Mon, 21 Jul 1997 02:21:22 -0400
...RON is always significantly higher than MON >Most car makers (including VW) specified research octane, often > listed as R.O.N. (Research Octane Number...
- Re: Good explanation of Octane rating
Historical mailing list · Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:09:44 -0400
...The Research octane number and the Pump octane number. In north america the pumps list the average of these two numbers. In most of...
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