Will Octane Affect AFRs on a stock ECU?
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Will Octane Affect AFRs on a stock ECU?
I want to dyno my car, and I hear that dyno puts a bit extra strain on everything, also your intake temps get hotter and hotter after every run. Will adding a bit of 100 octane, to maybe put it at 96 or 98 affect the AFRs if I left it as 93? From my understanding octane is mainly for detonation right?
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Changing the octane has very little effect on AFRs. I run 100 octane at the track due to the continuous high boost levels with corresponding high intake temps/water temps. If you are still on the stock ecu, there is really no point in running higher octane gas, as you shouldn't be modded enough to require it with the stock ecu anyway!
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Originally Posted by rynberg
Changing the octane has very little effect on AFRs. I run 100 octane at the track due to the continuous high boost levels with corresponding high intake temps/water temps. If you are still on the stock ecu, there is really no point in running higher octane gas, as you shouldn't be modded enough to require it with the stock ecu anyway!
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Stock ECU doesn't care about AFR outside of closed loop which only happens at idle and constant speed cruise for the most part where it reads the narrow band O2 sensor in an attempt to reach near stoich. AFR's will be completely ignored by the ECU at heavy throttle.
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Originally Posted by Kevin T. Wyum
Stock ECU doesn't care about AFR outside of closed loop which only happens at idle and constant speed cruise for the most part where it reads the narrow band O2 sensor in an attempt to reach near stoich. AFR's will be completely ignored by the ECU at heavy throttle.
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