Ok i'm calling some bulls*** on some people here.
First off, when a car is designed for a certain fuel spec, your right its not required, but it is recommended for BEST performance, Do you even know whats going on with the enigne when you run lower grade fuel, it pulls timing. When timing is pulled, there is no way you are going to make maximum power, thus times and trap speeds DECREASE, SO HOW IN THE **** CAN YOU RUN FASTER ON bad FUEL?????????????(argh)
Faster burning fuel in the wrong engine setup causes DETONATION , thats knock , thus the computer pulls timing and the car goes slower. your last statement about your bike shows you don't what the **** your talking about. If a engine is designed for 87, then YES running 93 octane won't make it any better, Because the fuel Does burn slower, the fuel is more controlled. Thus not much of a gain if any at all.
For the record YES i am being an ass cause of all the forums i frequent, theres is more bulls*** on this board than any other board i cruise through.
Next time you go to thwe track pay attention to the MPH VS TIME. TIME is about about driver, car setup and traction. MPH is a showing of HP. its pretty damn consitant. i have 9 slips at my house of various runs on my SVO in the 1/8th. The times go from 8.30's to 7.88. Mph only changed once i upped the boost. At 25 psi i was trapping around 85mph at 26 psi i was at 87 mph CONSISTANTLY
As for SENIOR haltech and his bulls*** statement, Show me the timeslip hero, until then do ALL of us a favor and keep your wishfull dreaming to yourself. Oh and if you do have a timeslip, you do know how to read it right? its not the best time and mph for both lanes added together and then averaged.........