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Originally Posted by mfyoung1086
Lower compression in my understanding was used simply over the fear of lower octane gas
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Therefore the car was purposely de-tuned. Compression, AFR and advance are all inter-related, and the limits of each component changes with the octane rating of the fuel used.
My understanding was the car was de-tuned for emissions reasons, but detuning the car to save brain-dead Porsche owners from themselves at the gas station is a plausible alternative.
The bottom line remains, however.