Dumb Question? What kind of fuel do you put in your LS1, regular or Premium?
04-06-2006, 12:22 PM
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Dumb Question? What kind of fuel do you put in your LS1, regular or Premium? I tried searching, but didn't find anything about this.
In NJ, we have full serve, so Ive never really looked at the gas area. Today, I checked, and it said that Premium Unleaded was recommended. Do you put in premium, or do you just stick to regular?
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In NJ, we have full serve, so Ive never really looked at the gas area. Today, I checked, and it said that Premium Unleaded was recommended. Do you put in premium, or do you just stick to regular?
Thanks
04-06-2006, 12:32 PM
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EEk....
I have been putting regular (87 octane) in my car for the past two weeks
Do you think this has caused any damage? Is there anything I should do right now to control any problems it may have caused? (Besides switching over to premium? I have about a quarter tank of regular left; should I top it off with premium, or should I wait til it is finished then start fresh with premium?
Also, would using regular instead of premium cause any performance issues?
I have been putting regular (87 octane) in my car for the past two weeks
Do you think this has caused any damage? Is there anything I should do right now to control any problems it may have caused? (Besides switching over to premium? I have about a quarter tank of regular left; should I top it off with premium, or should I wait til it is finished then start fresh with premium?
Also, would using regular instead of premium cause any performance issues?
04-06-2006, 12:46 PM
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Your motors going to blow up!Naw, 87 shouldn't cause any issues whatsoever. The computer will just pull timing when the knock sensors start to pick up some detonation. I'm sure you'll lose a lot of performance due to the reduced timing, though. Your probabaly also likely to suffer a bit of gas mileage loss due to the reduced timing making your burn less than efficient.
Just fill her back up with 91, spend the extra couple of bucks and you'll be good to go again. The extra cost may even break even due to the increased mileage.
04-06-2006, 12:49 PM
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well, I intend to use premium here on out. It was never about the money; rather, I heard that using premium when it is not necessary is a waste.
I'm just glad my car doesn't have AIDS
I'm just glad my car doesn't have AIDS
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04-06-2006, 12:53 PM
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This looks like the perfect thread to ask this. Over here (in Europe) theres only 95 and 98 octane... I was wondering if the computer will notice it and adjust for it as a benefit or should I sometime get the car tuned (probally would have to buy a cable and do it myself, highly doubt theres any tuners here)?
04-06-2006, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBas83
well, I intend to use premium here on out. It was never about the money; rather, I heard that using premium when it is not necessary is a waste.
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04-06-2006, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by OldSchoolFormula
Your right, it is a waste using it when not necessary... such as in a car designed to run on 87. An 11:1 compression high performance motor is supposed to run on 91 (or better)
Ive always too been taught that higher compression needs higher octane, but any reason why the octane levels here are so high?
04-06-2006, 01:20 PM
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now that we've estabished that i pulled a boo boo, is there anything I should do at this point. Should I add anything, or detract anything... or should I just assume that no damage has been done? Is there anyway to check if i damaged anything?
BTW.... this wasnt me; this was one of my "friends"
BTW.... this wasnt me; this was one of my "friends"
04-06-2006, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1MONSTER
It's not going to hurt anything..I would just use up that tank of gas and then fill it up with some good stuff and call it a day.
04-06-2006, 09:46 PM
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I put 91 in mine (highest available 
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It might be your octane numbers are calculated differently, here in the states to get pump octane (what the sticker says) its RON+MON/2, so its an average of the motor and research octane numbers, most likely yours is one or the other (that would be my guess anyway)
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Originally Posted by Charging TA
A friend was suprised about the octane levels here in Europe and just was like "how? why? they dont use high compression engines..." which left me kinda questioning it too... I just looked up the compression ratio for 3 "popular" cars here in Europe (Ford Mondeo (2.0L Zetec engine), Fiat Stilo (2.4L) and VW Golf (2.0L)) all of which have compression ratios betwen 10.3:1-10.8:1.
Ive always too been taught that higher compression needs higher octane, but any reason why the octane levels here are so high?
Ive always too been taught that higher compression needs higher octane, but any reason why the octane levels here are so high?
04-06-2006, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 2K2WS6TA
It might be your octane numbers are calculated differently, here in the states to get pump octane (what the sticker says) its RON+MON/2, so its an average of the motor and research octane numbers, most likely yours is one or the other (that would be my guess anyway)