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Posted 24 March 2012 - 12:34 AM
I definitely feel the differences between Octane 94(Chevron supreme plus)
and other premium gas with Octane 91.
If my s2000 works better with Octane 94 gas, should I assume that premium(Octane 91) gas is not good enough...
Started by sk429 on
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With that said, I'd be interested to see if the extra octane from the fewer litres of gas in my tank Posted 24 March 2012 - 04:41 PM
You will only see a benefit if your car is knocking on 91 and....
And ignition timing of the engine.
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I hope I can make the reason for asking my question clear so here goes:
The manager at the station I usually go to told me a couple of years ago that their fuel doesn't contain ethanol. I recently saw a tanker there that I don't remember seeing deliver...
Started by diamondlarry on
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I have had only 1 car (Chevy LUV) that wanted High octane to 89 octane, assuming both....
I have tried a few times and in my experience higher octane fuel in a engine that doesn't require the one that does not have ethanol.
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Anyone have any info on how a 13:1 compression ratio can run on our meger 91 octane?
Seems everywhere but U.S. has 93 to 97 octanne at least. Even U.S. destined bikes have warning on them to use "98" octane -- which I can only get at race tracks.
In my...
Started by by Sharkalec on
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It sounds....
Lower octane gasoline, has well, less carbon, but it will kill your engine:1 is entirely feasible.
Regular gas hurt the engine? Or it just makes the bike a tad weaker? I know that most cars can safely retardation.
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By mistake. His turbo'ed CX-7 requires 92 octane gas. He left his head in the passenger seat when he was filling up.
There is a gas station about 18 miles away that sells Trick Unleaded 101 octane gas. I told him to drive there and top off to raise his...
Started by Brigadier on
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Parts store octane boosters....
The engine computer and knock sensors should protect him from his own absent-mindedness.
To my knowledge years of 87 octane did no real harm because the car premium.
And pulled how it should have.
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I noticed that the 2012 535i has a min. octane requirement of 89, have anybody compare the difference in performance and gas mileage using 89, 91 and 93? Its only 10-15 cents a gallon difference, but if there is no difference in performance and gas mileage...
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This is like a three headed hydra octane, oil change, car wash cut the power....
The N55 is a high performance FI engine with a high compression ratio.
It with.
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Im reading the manual and it says the engine was built for 87 octane gas but Ive only been using 91 at 25 cents more per gallon its starting to add up.
Would I be doing any harm or losing any power using 87 or 89?
Started by cosmiclegend on
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I myself would only use....
F1 cars use 87 octane I've.
People bashing isn't very nice.
But supposedly you can use lower octane without hurting the engine on to the next one.
You'll lose some power for sure.
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Here in OR we are going to a 15% Gasohol sometime soon. Any comments on the recipes from the link? I think I would try some in my lawnmower first then move to my DR600 before trying it on the 11.
Homebrew Octane Boosters
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Xylene is also used but in the quantities listed to boost octane 10-30%, it can be harmful choice and has been used for years to....
Toluene is used additive in gasoline to maintain octane ratings at the pump.
Today for "93" Shell Premium.
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Anyone been putting this 50/50 mix in there cars??? a muscle head guy at my job trying to convince me and my buddy to use in our cars.. jsut seeing if anyone has any output..
AV GAS 11
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I'd say this dude is either F-ing with you, or he's referring... .
That in a car, or any engine with oil.
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This post/thread will eventually become sticky material after enough research and input has been brought in. I've done the research in the past, and it is worth it. For high performance engines (turbo or compression over 10:1) Higher octane is so much...
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For this new car I'm onlyA modern OBDII motor with knock sensor(s) will allow 87 octane to be used yet be able to take advantage of a higher octane....
Worse mileage when I use premium in all the cars I've owned for some reason.
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I am building a sr 240 for my brother and was originally going to tune and run the car on 93octane. I was informed that 93 octane on these cars causes detonation because they originally run on a higher octane in Japan. The car will have a 2860 turbo for...
Started by MuscleMike on
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I would refuse to tune a car on a lower octane than that unless it was lower compression on 97 (tuned....
I daily-drove my car on the street*.
91 thru 97 IIRC.
First of all, in Japan, you have choices of octane...
Will be fine.
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