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04-09-2007, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Yaris

wonder how exactly they did come up with those #'s wonder if they changed octane of gas? origanal test was done on 89 octane mabe they switched to 87 that was recommened by the manf and it hurt the small engines more than the big ones?

No, They just went to more realistic acceleration and cruising speeds.
-Peter

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