A pilot study was conducted under the auspices of the Coordinating Research Council, Inc. (CRC) to assess the potential effects of gasoline octane quality on acceleration performance, fuel economy and driveability in vehicles equipped with electronic spark control systems (knock sensors). Fourteen vehicles were tested by five participating laboratories on CRC unleaded reference fuels of varying octane quality (78 to 104 RON). The test vehicles included nine naturally-aspirated and five turbocharged models. The results showed that acceleration performance was the parameter most sensitive to octane quality changes, particularly in the turbocharged models. (js)


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    Title :

    CRC Program for Quantifying Performance of Knock-Sensor-Equipped Vehicles with Varying Octane Level


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    46 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English