Miata Mailing List: March 1997, Message #1874
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Andre,

     I also have a 94R with 14 degree timing, I run plain old 87 octane and

have had no problems at all, get 30-32 mpg as well. 

Tom Reynolds and Mimi

Hereford, AZ

At 09:53 AM 3/19/97 -0500, Andre Robotewskyj wrote:

>Hi everyone-

>I finally pulled my '94R out of hybernation! Yeah!!!

>One of the things I did this weekend was to bump the timing up to  

>14 degrees- definitely makes a difference. I'm a little concerned  

>about knocking, however. When I took it out on the road to test it  

>under load (I found a nice _uphill_ freeway ramp where I opened her  

>up to redline), I realized then that even if the engine were  

>knocking, I probably wouldn't hear it over the baseline roar....  

>Would I?

>Also, what's the minimum fuel grade which can safely be used at 14  

>degrees advance combined with "spirited" driving ?

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>Thanks in advance,

>Andre

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