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re: Spinoff: Anyone using premium gas since it’s under 2$
Posted on 4/3/20 at 4:03 pm to Dale Doubak
Posted on 4/3/20 at 4:03 pm to Dale Doubak
I have to use it in all three cars we have so yes. The boat takes regular though. No need to use premium unless the manufacturer requires it for high compression high performance engines it’s a waste of money.
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Posted on 4/3/20 at 4:04 pm to Dale Doubak
Virtually zero reason to unless your car is either "premium fuel only" or otherwise knocks with lower octane fuel.
This post was edited on 4/4/20 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 4/3/20 at 4:05 pm to Dale Doubak
I've always used premium in my Porsche.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 4:07 pm to blueridgeTiger
3 out of my 5 cars require premium but alas I’m not driving anywhere so I guess the answer is still NOPE.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 7:29 pm to Dale Doubak
All of the cars I've ever owned have required premium so I've always bought premium.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 7:34 pm to Dale Doubak
Had a 1986 F-150. Put premium in it a couple of times. It told me to knock that shite off. Ran better with regular.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 7:36 pm to fallguy_1978
The Tacoma with the BRZE 4.0 gains like 6hp it's the most of any vehicle I know of.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 7:37 pm to philly444
If your car requires 87, you're wasting your money.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 7:38 pm to Dale Doubak
My car only takes 93 premium
Posted on 4/3/20 at 7:39 pm to Dale Doubak
Me: “Dale, you don’t have to keep calling me Mister Füt.”
Dale: “Okay Füt.”
Dale: “Okay Füt.”
Posted on 4/3/20 at 7:56 pm to tigermike2004
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My car only takes 93 premium
Stock? I wasn't aware of any stock vehicles that require 93 octane, there are some that will advance the timing with 93 but there are a lot of areas of the country you just can't find 93 octane.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 8:03 pm to philly444
quote:I’m in my 40’s and have never used anything but 87. Never had an issue. Guess I’m too poor to understand what premium is all about or why there’s even a market for it.
Do people actually not use premium? Figures that poors wouldn’t care about taking care of their engine
Posted on 4/3/20 at 8:07 pm to Dale Doubak
Nope, still running E85.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 8:12 pm to Napoleon
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The Tacoma with the BRZE 4.0 gains like 6hp it's the most of any vehicle I know of.
Maybe that's true among vehicles that specify 87 octane, but if you put regular in something like a WRX you're giving up a lot more than 6hp. The computer will detect knock and back the timing advance way off.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 8:14 pm to Dale Doubak
I got 95 gallons of gas today filling up the boat tank
Posted on 4/3/20 at 8:16 pm to Dale Doubak
I always do. Better mileage.
Posted on 4/4/20 at 1:41 pm to Langland
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Had a 1986 F-150. Put premium in it a couple of times. It told me to knock that shite off. Ran better with regular.
A lot of "non-high performance" engines are engineered specifically for regular (87 octane) gasoline. Very commonly this is true for Ford trucks, although I can't speak for very recent ones.
This post was edited on 4/4/20 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 4/4/20 at 1:47 pm to Napoleon
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The Tacoma with the BRZE 4.0 gains like 6hp it's the most of any vehicle I know of.
Car and driver claims they got 20 more Hp out of the 3.5 Ecoboost with 93 octane
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On 93 octane fuel, the truck can run from naught to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds, which is fast considering the truck weighs 5594-pounds. When Car & Driver went from 93 octane premium to the 87 octane cheap stuff, the Ford F-150 lost 20 horsepower going from 380 horsepower on 93 to 360 horsepower on 87.
The drop in power made a substantial difference according to the testers and could be felt at the test track. Felt or not, the drop in power didn’t make a huge difference in performance with the Ford F-150 0-60 mph time dropping only a few tenths to 5.9-seconds to 60 mph. The quarter-mile time on 87 octane dropped by half a second to 14.5 seconds, and the trap speed dropped four mph.
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