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Originally Posted by curtisr View Post
The manual in my '87 924s says to use fuel with an octane rating of 87 in North America; however, my '88 manual says 89 octane rating is recommended. Not sure why this would be the case... Any ideas?
In 1988 Porsche standardized their 2.5L base motor. All ran the same (higher) compression ratio (hence the 158hp us rating vs the previous 147hp rating), necessitating higher octane fuel.
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