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Old Oct 30th, 2021, 20:36   #4
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Am I right in saying more bio-fuel means less octane, hence more throttle to achieve the same performance, then more cost in the long as your using more fuel.... You get where Im going.
It's more about the lower E10 energy content than the octane rating (which is corrected with additives).

The other thing about E10 is that the stoichiometric ratio is around 14.1:1 rather than 14.7:1 for unleaded. I'm not sure how the ECU map handles that.
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