[Lowridah]

My friend just got his brothers 5th gen and he was surprised when I told him u need to put at least 91 octane. he's filled up about 4 or 5 times with regular (87).

what are the effects of that?

 

[dohcpower v2.0]

poor performance, octane knock, possible detonation(but not very likely)...

just make sure he dun do it again.. :laugh:

 

[Lowridah]

yea i told him I'll have to kick his ass if he does it again

 

[CTPRELUDE]

Its not going to hurt anything but performance. It may cause pinging also but you are fine just dont make it a common thing.

 

[axion68]

Yep, the knock sensor will detect it and will retard your timing. Will you notice it? Probably not, but you should tell your friend to save some extra money for premium, the motor will appreciate it.

 

[h22 bb6]

I've never put anything but Premium in my car... everyone is correct in saying you shouldn't make a habit out of it.

 

[doe]

the car will explode!!!

jk

i put 87 in my car once, just wasn't thinking. didn't hurt anything, but as others have said, avoid it

 

[MugenPoweredLude]

ahhh just put some 110 octane in that mofo!!!!!!!!!!

j/k....91 and up only!!!!!

 

[XLEntropy]

stay away from inclines and dont push it

 

[Lowridah]

he was telling me how it felt a lot smoother w/ premium. i said no ****! and slapped him upside the head.

 

[Vapor]

lol, yeah, uhh, I didn't do it. my friend's brother did it. yeah, I told him he was a moron. I can't believe he didn't know...

uhh yeah, so, why is it bad? cause I didn't do it, but my friend did.

:laugh: uh huh.

 

[jimrawr]

I try to only put 93

 

[DudewithaLude]

I wish we had 93 gas here

 

[Niffum]

I felt a loss of performance when I put in 89. Damn gas station ran out of 91

It's also suprising to me that people don't look at their gauges where it says "Premium Fuel Only"

 

[Jon Like Wh0a]

i put 89 in my car, is that really bad?

 

[azninside]

91+ only :bigthumb:

^^
^^^ you're forgettin tho....most people can't even remember which side of the car has the gas tank....do you think they'll actually look at their gauges to see which to use?! :twitch:

 

[Red Baron]

Quote:
"It's also suprising to me that people don't look at their gauges where it says "Premium Fuel Only"

My thoughts exactly.

93 Octane here!

-Andy

 

[SkyRSX66]

94 here for me :bigthumb:

 

[brendon2k]

search, it wont do anything harmful because like many people have said your car will automatically retard the timing causing you to loose a little power.