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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (onebadm5 @ Mar. 21 2002,7:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">as some other forum members pointed out, higher octane content relates to how fast the fuel burns. high octane fuel use is only justified for high compression or forced induction applications, especially under boost, cause higher octane also resists pre ignition or detonation which is prevalent as the boost increases.</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
actually the octane has to do with how easily the fuel ignites not how quickly it burns. the higher the octane the harder it is to accidentally ignite it. it was found that on some cars using higher octane fuel when lower was recomened reduced preformance. it happened on a dodge ram and a honda accord. some cars got better hp though so it depends
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