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<blockquote data-quote="AvoidTheBoyd" data-source="post: 1124967" data-attributes="member: 22045"><p>[/COLOR]Edit*</p><p>"The Raptor Supplement Manual for the gen 1's even stated the 6.2L produces 401hp on 87 and 411hp on premium."</p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro</p></blockquote><p></p><p>The G1 engine has nothing to do with this. My 5.4L in my 2010 FX4 stated the same. It was published with 2 sets of HP/TQ numbers, one for 87 and one for E85. There is a sensor in those trucks that detects the presence of ethanol and advances the timing to take advantage of that. Neither the G2 Raptor or the regular Ecoboost are E85 rated and do not have ethanol sensors in the fuel systems. Therefore the G2 will only see a power increase while increasing octane if the knock sensor was actively retarding the timing with the lower octane fuel. Which very well may be the case. I am not pushing 87, I am just skeptical if higher octane is always needed.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="AvoidTheBoyd, post: 1124967, member: 22045"] [/COLOR]Edit* "The Raptor Supplement Manual for the gen 1's even stated the 6.2L produces 401hp on 87 and 411hp on premium." Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro[/QUOTE] The G1 engine has nothing to do with this. My 5.4L in my 2010 FX4 stated the same. It was published with 2 sets of HP/TQ numbers, one for 87 and one for E85. There is a sensor in those trucks that detects the presence of ethanol and advances the timing to take advantage of that. Neither the G2 Raptor or the regular Ecoboost are E85 rated and do not have ethanol sensors in the fuel systems. Therefore the G2 will only see a power increase while increasing octane if the knock sensor was actively retarding the timing with the lower octane fuel. Which very well may be the case. I am not pushing 87, I am just skeptical if higher octane is always needed. [/QUOTE]
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