okay...my 30 is my baby and tonite i fed her with the wrong kinda gas...what kinda bad sh*t can happen to me??i put the 87 octane crap...would just doing this once mess anything up?or am i still in good water??

what do u say?? good water or deep sh*t?

 

add some octane booster or sthg n u shud be fine i guess!!!

 

It's not a big deal at all, just don't do it again.

 

Yor engine will blow up. LOL just joking. Nothing will happen to it. take it easy.

 

Just don't floor it, flooring it with 87 will increase the chance of pinging, and that can damage the engine when it happens to often. Just drive her easy and you'll be fine. Next time throw in premium gas and she'll be happy to give you that sweet V6 power again

Myself I allways fill her up with 98 RON, since here in the netherlands we have the choice between 95 RON and 98 RON, and nothing below that, I choose 98 everytime... it just seems that she runs best on that. Sometimes when I go to germany I even fill her up with 100 RON and she likes that pretty good to, seems to be a little smoother, faster and more economical on higher octane fuel, and why save on a few cents, the gas is expencive around here anyways, so the few cents won't make that much of a difference.

 

Yes, just take it easy and no hard accelleration until you get better octane in there. I would run her down to a half tank and put Sunoco Ultra94 or another high octane gasoline in there to bring the level up.

 

For those of you who don't know, I'm just going to clarify this:

European octane ratings are on average 4-5 numbers higher than the US numbers, because there are different types of measurement.
So US 87 oct = EU 91-92 oct.
US 89 oct = EU 94-95 oct.
US 93 oct = EU 97-98 oct.

I always use EU 98 oct. on mine.

So V6maximus.... you feel the difference with Shell V-Power in Germany? Have to try that next time I'm there.... here they only sell the 95 type V-Power... can't feel any difference from normal 95....

 

The only country were shell's V-power is for real is in germany, outside germany V-power is just 95 ron, so your money would be better spend on 98

And uhm... yep, when I fill her up in germany I do feel the difference quite good!

 

Well, I just filled in V-power and seems the car was experiencing hard acceleration, I mean I felt as if I was in 3rd gear even going above 60 mph ... Somehow my car likes Citgo premium ... it juzzz runz smoooth and quick ... Same is the case with Mobil A long while ago, I tried the Plus but I could tell the difference... more ping ...

 

Nothing will happen to your car... just dont do it again!

 

You go all the way into the lion's den for gas?

 

You should not mix a diffrent octane gas.

 

wat is ping??like...ive heard about it and all that but since this is my first car i never experienced it...what is it?can anyone describe?

 

Yep, their highway's, at least a few of ' em, they don't have a speed limit, so you can drive as fast as you want LEGALY! that's worth it for me

 

i believe ping is when gas ignites to early causing engine damage over time and causing a pining sound. the i30 i think has a "knock sensor" that will adjust to make it so this doesnt happen so nothing should happen really. i've never heard that you cant mix different octanes? and ive mixed them on many other cars without trouble.
KC Ryan

 

And what is the fastest you have gone?

 

Why not?

That's actually how they make the mid-grade gas. Like here in Norway they sell unleaded (EU) 95 oct, 97 oct and 98 oct. It says on the pump that 97 oct is being mixed in the pump with 33,3% 95oct and 66,6% 98oct...
Same in Denmark... they sell 92, 95 and 98 oct, but the station only has 92 and 98 in their tanks. 95 is a 50/50 mix of 92 and 98 oct.

 

Fasted I ever drove was in a Alpina B12 (suped up BMW 850Csi), 317 kp/h :P Scary **** though!

 

whats that in mph? sorry im bad with conversions

 

o...........nth..........about 200mph..........damn........

 

I belive its 198 Mp/h, not sure if I calculated right though, am I right at 1.6 Kp/h = 1 Mph?

 

Yup! 1,609 to be exact....

 

Damn... allmost 200 mph...why didn't I push it just a little further, then I could really brag around!

 

what would happen if i put in adjustable shocks w.o putting on aftermarket springs?would it make the height higher??also do i need to change my catback after a ypipe?