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Originally Posted by PencilGeek
Yes I was being very simplified on purpose -- simply to point out that some people believe adaptations increase performance even though it seems to run contrary to common sense. In order to believe that the ECU increases performance with adaptations, a person would have to believe that without adaptations the car would be running more "conservative" -- then the adaptations would cause it to run more "aggressive." That reasoning never made any sense to me.
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Did you not see a 30whp difference with race fuel on your car, after you drove through a full tank of 100 octane and it "adapted"?
The ECU adaptations are based on other factors, yes, but octane level has a great effect, it's quite simple, if you run poor fuel the ECU will adapt and pull back, if you run better grade fuel it should adapt the other way, and it will do this on the dyno as well.