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Old 07-07-2005, 02:46 PM
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Theres a gas station near me that sells 110 octane race gas, but it says that its leaded. I like the idea of putin in some high octane as a suplement every once in a while, but since its leaded Im guessin I should definately not put it in my car. And even if it was unleaded gas, would the ECU detect the high octane and not like it? I think its like $3.50/gallon.
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Stay away from it. I doubt the computer could handle the octane. But I am not sure. Also I think lead additave in todays engines is not a good thing.
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waste of money. The stock ECU can not adjust much past 94 Octane (MON+RON/2)
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don't buy leaded gas for the Z
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Don't risk it man.
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Leaded gas plus O2 sensors = BAD
Leaded gas plus cats = BAD
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Thats what I thought, thanx guys!
Old 07-07-2005, 04:33 PM
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Just poor some in a cup to take it home and take a whiff of it every now and then. Ahhh, the smell of gasoline.
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Originally Posted by mwh350z
Theres a gas station near me that sells 110 octane race gas, but it says that its leaded. I like the idea of putin in some high octane as a suplement every once in a while, but since its leaded Im guessin I should definately not put it in my car. And even if it was unleaded gas, would the ECU detect the high octane and not like it? I think its like $3.50/gallon.
why would you even want to waste your money? Its not like you will get 300 HP or something from it. Even if you gained some HP, it will go to 0 when your engine breaks.
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ECU probably cannot handle this gas because it might not be able to retard the timing to get proper combustion. You might lose power because of that. You will need engines with higher compression ratio and higher rpms to use it.

Lead is a big NO.
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Just for ***** and gigles I put this in my old car. It really did nothing for performance. Eventually I began to burn oil really bad though. Don't know if this was related or not.
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