Is Higher octane good for your Happy time??

[alex]

happy-times run about a 6:1 compression ratio and as xlastshotx and bsa said, lower compression needs lower octane. For example, my brother's honda element runs a 9.5:1 ratio and runs perfect on regular. So, you could probably get away with running a much lower octane than 87 in a happy-time.

Oh, and the science behind my reasoning is that the higher octane rating a fuel is, the more it has to be compressed to ignite properly. And it is the same thing with low-octane fuel- it requires less compression to ignite.

A happy-time might run better on less than 87 octane, good luck finding it though.

 

[xlastshotx]

happy-times run about a 6:1 compression ratio and as xlastshotx and bsa said, lower compression needs lower octane. For example, my brother's honda element runs a 9.5:1 ratio and runs perfect on regular. So, you could probably get away with running a much lower octane than 87 in a happy-time.

Oh, and the science behind my reasoning is that the higher octane rating a fuel is, the more it has to be compressed to ignite properly. And it is the same thing with low-octane fuel- it requires less compression to ignite.

A happy-time might run better on less than 87 octane, good luck finding it though.

wow 6:1?? that is really low... Yeah you could probably run it off 83 and it would still be happy, lol.. I used to run my Yamaha Banshee off 110octane avgas.

 

[Simonator]

wow 6:1?? that is really low...

yea.... I did a compression test on mine..... 70 psi

 

[xlastshotx]

yea.... I did a compression test on mine..... 70 psi

Wow crazy

 

[Simonator]

I think my engines compression is a little on the low side. But hey, it works.