there's a gas station by my place where they offer 100 octane "racing gas" can my 97 max handle this? i got 144,000 miles intake, y-pipe, apexi exhaust. are there any benefits to this or is it over kill especially since im not turboed or supercharged.

 

Overkill by 7 octane points

 

If you had a TS or JWT ECU a little every now and then couldn't hurt if all there is besdes it was 90/1.

I'd save my money if I were you.

Smells sweet if you lift the IM after running it when compared to normal 91.

 

You mean 9 points...

 

our cars were made to burn hot and efficient meaning clearing out any gas during combustion. the reason for a high octane is to prevent detonation and prolonging the combustion process as long as possible. nitrous or FI are the two that benefit the most from this.

 

Why are you telling me this?

 

haha jeff you know i cant teach you nothing, i was just adding on to your correct statement of overkill and why its overkill.

 

The highest I can get locally is 94 octane, but not at every station. One station only had 94 and 87 in their lineup and recently introduced a 90, the only one available. They have been selling it on an introductory basis at the same price as 90.

I can run Canadian 89 octane with no problems, but had a bad experience a month or so with Chevron 89 bought in Blaine, Washington. Will never use US 89 octane again as Canadian gas has different additives.

 

You talkin' crap about Wa gas dude?!? I KNOW where Richmond BC is. I eat chinese food there sometimes! Border is pain nowdays huh?

 

You're the same Jeff92SE from nwmaxima.com are you not? Believe it or not, the Pacific Border crossing, which is the truck crossing, isn't too bad. I can also buy gas at Point Roberts, in US territory, which is a peninsula only accessed through Canada or buy boat. Its on the way to the ferry to Victoria and no hassles there.

I can save about Cdn$14 on a tank of premium gas (when the car is low) if I fill ups across the line. And you guys cry about high gas prices and we export it to you.

Maybe we just send our crappy oil to you guys for refining, lol! You know ... the heavy oil used to pave roads.

 

Yes the same. Your name is diff there? Have you come down to Seattle yet?

 

(Sorry to steal your thread, NmexMax)

Hey! I came down to the GG meet on Saturday. Where were you?

 

I got so frustrated trying to sign up on the org when I first joined that I just kept typing in my name. I go by bobo on nwmaxima.com. I might have to change it as a woman I used to work with told me it means idiot in Italian. Some would say I resemble that remark. Any Italians out there that can confirm that. I've been called worse by the 6th Genners, lol!

No I haven't been to Seattle in a few years, but with a more favorable exchange rate I'm going to have to make the trek. I'll show those guys how to fire fish around, lol!

 

hehe I was busy taking care of my new 4 month daugher.

 

It's not mine ... its msreeds.

But thanks for the apology anyway

 

Jeff has a baby, yay. No wonder you were so cranky earlier today. I thought we were pseudo buds?

 

It means the same thing in spanish....

 

Just giving you shat. You gotta receive it sometimes too.

 

yea why you get that alot Ant? lol

 

My mother calls me it all the time

 

I don't know you Ant96GLE, but as they say, if the shoe fits wear it, lol!

 

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YAY, another octane rating thread!!!!

There are a myriad of variables that determine whether or not a change in the octane rating of your fuel will cause a change in power or fuel economy. The idea that an increase in octane will increase horsepower is for all practical purposes a farce, although it does hold more validity in hardcore racing environments (typically non-street). Stick to 93 octane fuel all around, pure and simple. Anything else is costing you more in one way or another.