What Octane you guys running?
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well you may end up getting spark knock. these cars are designed to run on 93 octane. thats why it calls for it. Look on the gas door or in the service manual. You can run the cheap stuff but you will lose power unless you were to get it programmed to think its running on 93 octane.
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you won't notice anything unless you fill up 87 next time because its mixing with the old gas. Why sacrifice performance and reliability to save what? $4 per fill up? not worth it IMO
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heh Reliability. I guess my motor is fucked then I've filled up with 91 less than a handful of times since I've gotten my 93. Majority of the time it was 87. Recently it's 87oc 60%, 105oc E85 (all E85 is 105) 40%.
They put those recommendations on there for you as a suggestion. Yes, it CAN cause pre-ig, but not always and most of the time only under a heavy load of high Rs. You can run any of them, you just will be sacrificing power, not necessarily mpg, but it can.
They put those recommendations on there for you as a suggestion. Yes, it CAN cause pre-ig, but not always and most of the time only under a heavy load of high Rs. You can run any of them, you just will be sacrificing power, not necessarily mpg, but it can.
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run 93 or sell your car if you can't afford gas.
but really this is a nonissue. If you can afford a v8 with the current gas prices, $4-5 more per fillup is not going to change it.
If you HAVE to run 87 for whatever reason, get a tune to reduce the timing so it is designed for that.
but really this is a nonissue. If you can afford a v8 with the current gas prices, $4-5 more per fillup is not going to change it.
If you HAVE to run 87 for whatever reason, get a tune to reduce the timing so it is designed for that.
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run 93 or sell your car if you can't afford gas.
but really this is a nonissue. If you can afford a v8 with the current gas prices, $4-5 more per fillup is not going to change it.
If you HAVE to run 87 for whatever reason, get a tune to reduce the timing so it is designed for that.
but really this is a nonissue. If you can afford a v8 with the current gas prices, $4-5 more per fillup is not going to change it.
If you HAVE to run 87 for whatever reason, get a tune to reduce the timing so it is designed for that.
Lots of people now are barely driving their F-Bodies (check the Gas thread), so using low octane is better than not driving the car At least in my book. Both are neglect, but I'd rather be played with and loved, then fed beans and cabbage, then left locked up in a dark room only to be let out on weekends
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this is what they make cavaliers and those types of cars for. Ya could always try to find random odd and end jobs to help cover the cost of driving. Its happening with ALOT of people now days. Seems how these oil companies are really enjoying reaching into our pockets but not being nice enough to give a hand job lmao
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Stock LT1 compression ratio is 10.4/1. That's pretty high for an everyday car. As has been stated 1,000,000 times already the PCM can compensate somewhat for lower octane by retarding timing to help prevent knocking. Personally I wouldn't run less than 91 (what GM recommends); I didn't get the car to hold it back in the interest of saving a couple bucks here and there. I would also be very reluctant to really get on it with 87 octane in the tank, there is only so much the PCM can do to compensate. If you don't really hammer on your car 87 octane is probabaly fine for the most part though.
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this is what they make cavaliers and those types of cars for. Ya could always try to find random odd and end jobs to help cover the cost of driving. Its happening with ALOT of people now days. Seems how these oil companies are really enjoying reaching into our pockets but not being nice enough to give a hand job lmao
I'm asking because I don't know, not to be a smart ***, what can lower OC do to a car that is 'recommended' to run on a higher OC? Mind you, most people won't thrash on their car all the time, so if you're referring to ping then it wouldn't happening all the time. Mine only pings when I really get up on the Rs (5K+) and even with higher OC it still has slight ping, which is probably partially my fault with my tune.
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Honestly, I have only had my car for about 2 months and I have only ran 87 in mine and it has ran fine. I guess after reading this ya'll suggest I run 90 something in mine...will that make it perform better? Maybe I can break into the 8's !