I have recently moved to Africa, and would love to bring out my Japanese '93 spec 350Z, unfortunately the only unleaded avaialble is 93 Octane. Will the car run ok? Or do i need a conversion? Any help will be appreciated greatly

 

Yes, that is the premiun grade available in most parts of the U.S.
Some high altitude States have only 91 octane available as the premium. Your Z will run fine.

 

thanx woodie

 

sucks living in AZ with only 91 octane....
at least I have 101 race gas easily available

 

Don't some countries measure octane differently than the US? I've seen approximate conversion charts before, so it shouldn't be too hard to make the comparison.

Is compression the same for the Japanese 350z as for the US version?
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Jeff

 

Really not sure, its the fairlady 350Z, I shall try and find out

 

what do you mean by '93 spec? the only thing i could think of is 1993, but that doesn't make any sense.

 

Im with hndumafia, Im confused on what type of car he means...

Im in FL and I never thaught 93 octane would be bad for any car...

 

i think it was a typo, the zeros and nines are pretty close together on the keyboard (not number pad).

the japanese measure their gas in RON (research octane number) versus the US's MON (motor octane number). RON is rated higher than our MON rating system. i don't know the precise conversion but if i remember correctly, the Japanese use 98 and 100 RON which convert to about 91 octane in the states. so anything above that is great for your car, so you have nothing to worry about!

 

thanks all. Appreciate all your help and advice.

 

That would explain me lookn for higher then 91 in AZ and not finding any

 

California has crap gas too, it might've been the forerunner of crap gas...hmmm

note to self: when you make a time machine, go back and kill the person who thought 91 octane up...

 

The US octane ratings are an average of MON and RON figures: (MON + RON)/2 and are typically 5 lower than the European RON only number.

i.e. Euro 98 Octane is approx USA 93 Octane.

The recomended grade (European rating) for a Euro 350Z is 98RON with an absolute minimun of 91RON permissable but only if a higher grade is not available and the tank should be filled with the recommended grade as soon as possible.

Many European owners run their 350's on 97RON or 95RON.
95RON is the 'standard' Euro grade, but you will get a slight drop in performance and gas milage.

 

93 octane is all we have down here in GA.

 

94 in Jersey at Sunoco

 

 

the sunocos here in FL only have 93 (can't really be much of a difference between 93 and 94 though).

 

The local Sunoco used to have 94 oct. Now its 91 so I put BPs 93oct.

 

Here in NH they have 93 but at the Sunoco's they carry the 100 octane...MMmmmm smells so nice. Z's sitting in the garage with a full tank of it right now. Witch by the way cost me $80bucks from empty to full.

 

are you running FI or nitrous?