Premium Unleaded on '02 Firebird??
01-28-2006, 04:06 PM
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I bought my Formula a few months ago, and the first 2 tanks of gas, i used 87. The car ran like ****, to the point where I was worried I bought a f*cked up car. I have since used nothing but premium gas, and it runs awesome
01-29-2006, 03:24 AM
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as others said,"get another car if your worried about running higher octane gas" buy another car, it pisses me off to here you even ask that question. you have not ever owned a sports car/muslce car? the little extra you pay is worth it.
01-29-2006, 09:45 AM
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And with mods and tuning you can run less octane with no ill effects in performance.
First mistake I made was NOT tossing out the **** manifolds GM stuck on my car when it was new.
First mistake I made was NOT tossing out the **** manifolds GM stuck on my car when it was new.
01-29-2006, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by racer88
And with mods and tuning you can run less octane with no ill effects in performance.
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01-29-2006, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
Or, you can run 93 and tune more aggressively, thus making even more power.
01-29-2006, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by racer88
That all depends on what your mods are and where your timing has to be ie: nitrous.
01-29-2006, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by racer88
And I am not spraying all N/A 
Am I missing something?
01-29-2006, 04:59 PM
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Not really, whats the stock rating like 18/28 or something? Compare that to an 01 M3 15/33 and a S2000 20/28 we're doin pretty good if motors way smaller than us are getting the same amount.
01-29-2006, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by JustAnIlluzion
damn my truck guzzles almost twice as much gas as my camaro, i wish i could drive the camaro all year
01-29-2006, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
So why not tune more aggressively and run more octane? It just doesn't make sense to me. I don't see why anyone willing to spend money on mods that do nothing but improve the car's power and ETs would be reluctant to spend the extra $0.20 per gallon to jump from 87 to 93, thus allowing more aggressive tuning and even more power... Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?