So most of you guys dont believe in high compression ratio's with a high octane fuel to make up for power?

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Not a chance. I 100% believe to get more power after flowing head,balance bottom end,carbs,etc you up the comp to get more power. I have seen and heard of alot of engines and came to a conclusion that comp can increase power, especially torque.
Some examples:
My friend here at work's nephew bought a factory 95 Nissan Sentra Works rally car build by Nissan motorsport.It has a SR20DE motor that has been worked with the following:
Full head job.
Rally spec cam.(Anything from 300 to 320 degrees)
Balance job (Revved to 8500 with rally team)
Throttle bodies.
And a comp of something like 13 : 1.
Apparently according to the factory it made 190 to 200Kw.Can't remember if it is flywheel or wheel Kw.
They are going to drop comp to 11 : 1 to increase reliability and decrease engine wear.
I know of a Sabre with head job, mild cam and it makes 150Kw.

Another example is Minnesh's 1200 in Durban. Has all the standard stuff done to the engine and a MASSIVE comp. I think also 13 : 1. It also gives 2litre guys a go and it is a 1400cc engine.
If you want, I can give you his number and then you can chat to him.Very helpful guy.

If I were you I would keep the comp down to use 95 pump fuel.Why? The damn fuel price is going to keep going up and race fuel is very expensive.
I would recommend 10,5 : 1. This is on the edge to be safe. For this I think you will have to check your pistons or skim the GX head to max which I would not recommend as they are very valuable.

Nice info. But what i'm thinking is... Building an engine with race'ing writen all over it, you might aswell go all the way. a Proper stroker with flat tops and a fully done head and my old setups 300deg cam should go hard and maybe one will enjoy it a bit more if and when its driven. My comp was 11: 1...

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Ofcourse you will get more benefit if you run high octane fuel in a high compression engine. You can run more timing, less fuel and all sorts of stuff. You will make more power. I was just saying, on a well sorted engine with high compression, and I'm talking probably not higer than 11:1, high octane is not compulsory...

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Going all the way means going all the way, then you might as well run it on 102 if you could find any, or afgas and I think the new racing fuel is 98... Your original question was what type of fuel do you need to run on a high compression engine, and my answer was, it doesn't matter, if you sort it probably it'll run on any fuel...