On 30 Jan 2004 14:50:00 -0800,
(Hildegrin) wrote:

The common 100 octane fuel had an octane rating of 100/130,

Okay, thanks.

I reckon that piling 100/150 on top of 100/130 is what led to the
regular use of the two octanes in naming the fueld.

In 1942 in Southeast Asia, 100 (presumably 100/130) was called just
that, or "high octane" to distinguish it from the 80 octane used by
the RAF.


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