89 Octane
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Originally posted by davidgaddy
I put 89 in 350 last week. I never will ever ever again the ran like sh%t. It took forever to burn the gas out!
I put 89 in 350 last week. I never will ever ever again the ran like sh%t. It took forever to burn the gas out!
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From: Carson, California
Originally posted by Alang
You could probably run 89 for the life of the car and not physically hurt the motor. Nissan's are particulary sensitive to octane, and really retards the timing. You can lose a lot of performance, but I can't believe you would really hurt the motor.
Keep it in perspective. If you save $.10 per gallon, thats a whopping $1.50 a tank. Just don't buy fries that day and get the premium.
You could probably run 89 for the life of the car and not physically hurt the motor. Nissan's are particulary sensitive to octane, and really retards the timing. You can lose a lot of performance, but I can't believe you would really hurt the motor.
Keep it in perspective. If you save $.10 per gallon, thats a whopping $1.50 a tank. Just don't buy fries that day and get the premium.
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I took my Z to the dealer to cehck out the fill up problem. I think the put in 89 or 87 to try and reproduce the problem. I left it near empty for them so they couldnt say it was almost full and thats why it wouldnt fill any more. I don't know why they filled it all the way up. And I dont know why they put in cheap gas (yes I do). But it runs low again. Crap.
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Originally posted by davidgaddy
I put 89 in 350 last week. I never will ever ever again the ran like sh%t. It took forever to burn the gas out!
I put 89 in 350 last week. I never will ever ever again the ran like sh%t. It took forever to burn the gas out!
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Originally posted by ares
Id think those tubes would hole maybe a pint or 2; not nearly enough to really throw off the overall octane. given the choice of which side of the street to go to Id take the one with individual pumps; but mostly cause its probably newer.
out of 15gallons; with the difference being 6octane; a couple of pints would affect you by like .15octane.
Id think those tubes would hole maybe a pint or 2; not nearly enough to really throw off the overall octane. given the choice of which side of the street to go to Id take the one with individual pumps; but mostly cause its probably newer.
out of 15gallons; with the difference being 6octane; a couple of pints would affect you by like .15octane.
i mean wait behind a mb or bmw or something, so you'd get the correct octane leftovers.
i thought u would all like to know that i filled up with some 93 last night, and added some octane booster/injector cleaner by Rampage (power surge).
noticed a difference (butt dyno) pulled very hard even with a full tank. also idles better and at the last 500 rpms has like this spurt of power. now with a 3/4 tank left when i floor it from a stop, it literally jumps from 4k to 5k rpms and got sideways when i hit second and pretty good chirp into third.
i am pleased with it, although im not sure how good it is for the car. is it safe to use octance booster regularly or every other tank?
john
noticed a difference (butt dyno) pulled very hard even with a full tank. also idles better and at the last 500 rpms has like this spurt of power. now with a 3/4 tank left when i floor it from a stop, it literally jumps from 4k to 5k rpms and got sideways when i hit second and pretty good chirp into third.
i am pleased with it, although im not sure how good it is for the car. is it safe to use octance booster regularly or every other tank?
john
When the car retards the timing for the 89 octane...will the TS ECU Reset (Pedal dance) reset the timing again so when you put 91 back in the tank next time, it's like starting with 91 all along?
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