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Would it run better on Racing Fuel???


Johnny Reb
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No. Too high octane rating.

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It will run fine on 87 octane unleaded gasoline, with or without ethanol. Those are much better fuels than anything that was available when the engine was built


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TY....I was wondering what the old gas ran in octane....I thought it might have been higher..


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