Do You Have to Use High Octane Gas in SSEi???
09-10-2003, 10:57 AM
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yes, you should use premium unleaded. I use 91 octane here in Arizona. I know some of our members can get higher octane than that.
09-10-2003, 11:46 AM
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For an SSEI the higher the better. I would use 93, but that depends on the miles on the car. If they are high, use 93. Otherwise the car will knock, killing the engine.
09-10-2003, 12:19 PM
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DEFINITELY use a higher octane gas. And using a lower octane with a bottle of octane boost won't be sufficient. The higher octane fuel also has necessary detergents and other ingredients for higher perfomance engines. Now, using a higher octane gas with a bottle af octane certainly won't hurt if your SC'd, and shouldn't cause detonation.
09-10-2003, 09:53 PM
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The short answer is yes you need to use 91+ octane gas in a SSEi. I could get into the long answer, which ends with it isn't required, but that also requires mods and a few other things, so unless you fork out big bucks for mods you have to use Premium unleaded.
09-13-2003, 12:45 PM
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It doesn't burn cleaner, if you're talking about cleanliness.... This is one of the biggest myths in gas. It does "burn cleaner" and it'* more controlled though. You also have nitrous and some other sweet mods (I wish I had, i'll do the never ending quest for the 2nd fastest L27)....
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