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• Engine knocking
  * The use of a fuel with higher [[octane rating]] * The addition of octane-increasing "[[Tetra-ethyl lead|lead]]," [[isooctane]], or other fuel additi
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• Gasoline
  ...tural gasoline, will not meet the required specifications (in particular [[octane rating]]; see below) for modern engines, but these streams will form part o *''Reformate'', produced in a [[catalytic reformer]] with a high octane and high [[aromatic]]s content, and very low olefins ([[alkene]]s).
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• Vintage car
  ...novation of this era. Towards the end of the vintage era, the system of [[octane rating]] of [[fuel]] was introduced, allowing comparison between fuels.
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• Liquid fuels
  ...in race car engines). However, such engines actually ''require'' a higher octane fuel. ...o its toxicity. Small amounts are used in some gasolines to increase the [[octane rating]]. Methanol-based fuels are used in some race cars and model airplan
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• Supercharger
  ...han their [[Germany|German]] counterparts and, when combined with higher [[octane]] fuels that the Americans supplied, that allowed for higher boost levels. ===Improving octane rating===
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• De Tomaso Pantera
  ...rom 11:1 to 8.6:1, chiefly to meet US emissions standards and run on lower octane standard fuel) but with more aggressive camshaft timing (in an effort to re
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• Compression ratio
  ...d compression ratios as high as 12.5:1, which could run safely on the high-octane [[Tetra-ethyl lead|leaded gasoline]] then available. ...soline engines with compression ratios of over 11:1 that can use 87 MON ([[octane rating]]) fuel.
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• Forced induction
  ...ocking|threat of knock]] and therefore the need for higher [[Octane_rating|octane]] fuel.
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• Automotive terms Italian to English
  | Octane number
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• Ducati Supermono
  In the mid 1990s, 100 octane [[aviation gas]] was the fuel of choice for many Supermono race teams. [[S
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• Wankel engine
  ...e also led to a great deal of interest in the [[Soviet Union]], where high octane gasoline was rare.
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• Moretti
  ...rs that ran the car by adjusting the timing and fuel delivery depending on octane rating and a knock sensor feed back. The top speed of the car was about 235
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• Combustion
  Generally, the [[chemical equation]] for burning a [[hydrocarbon]] (such as [[octane]]) in oxygen is as follows:
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• Automobile emissions control
  ...as that they were incompatible with the use of [[tetraethyl lead]] as an [[octane]] booster in gasoline, prompting the phasing-out of that additive as conver
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• Supercar
  ...among production supercars: with 601 kW (806 hp) (on California grade 91 [[octane]] gasoline) and a weight of just 1,180 kg (2,601 lb) the Koenigsegg carries
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• A1 Grand Prix cars
  *Fuel: 100 [[octane rating]] [[biofuel]]
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• Internal combustion engine
  ...ctly affected by [[compression ratio]], [[fuel mixture]] temperature and [[octane]] or [[cetane]] rating of the fuel. Modern ignition systems are designed to ...l amount of hydrogen added to the [[intake]] air-fuel charge increases the octane rating of the combined fuel charge and enhances the flame [[velocity]], thu
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• Formula One regulations
  :: Aviation fuel with an octane rating of 130.
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• Formula One car
  ...nd Penske cars were forced to the rear of the Italian Grand Prix after the octane mixture was found to be too high.
  23 KB (3,769 words) - 14:04, 27 September 2009
• Diesel engine
  [[Ethanol]] is also used in some cases, since it has a high [[octane rating]] which means it can be highly compressed before spontaneously ignit
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