Type of gas?

[TheBlizzard]

Premium in your car will make it run better and you might see a little better mpg out of it.
I disagree. If your car is designed to run 87 octane then thats what you should run. I think that running a higher octance gas would hurt performance if its not designed to run with it.

And that goes right with what Chris said, assuming the qualities are equal of course. I have always wondered why you see N/A cars putting 110 in their tanks at the tracks and thinking its helping them? Is it? Or does it just smell faster?

CRAIG

[unreal808]

It’s a non turbo, get full coverage ins, and put sugar in the gas, than collect the money (Vandalism), then get a turbo and run 92 oct.

[Kracka]

It’s a non turbo, get full coverage ins, and put sugar in the gas, than collect the money (Vandalism), then get a turbo and run 92 oct.

Sugar won't do anything but clog the filter...urban myth.

[Shotgun!]

Sugar won't do anything but clog the filter...urban myth.

Owned! But if the filter becomes pluged while the car is running, as it should, it could still destroy the motor. Just think of a Talon doing a WOT pull and a gorilla pinching off the fuel line right in the middle.

[scheides]

No, no, no, put sugar in the exhaust and a banana in the gas tank...

Seriously though, there's really no reason on a stock non-boosted car to run anything higher than 87, unless it is specified by the manufacturer. Now, tear down the block, run 11.5:1 pistons, rev to 11k, cams, & whatnot, ...then you might want to think about higher octane, but only if the tune in place demands it.

[Kracka]

Now, tear down the block, run 11.5:1 pistons, rev to 11k, cams, & whatnot, ...then you might want to think about higher octane, but only if the tune in place demands it.

How about 11:1 compression revving to 9k with a double shot of VTEC at 6k? :D

[TalonFiero]

Someone poured a lot of sugar/syrup in my gas tank. Fucked up my car pretty good, so no it is not just an urban myth. My engine locked and wouldn't turn over as the needles were stuck open in the carb and fuel was pouring into the cylinders. Lucky I didn't bend any rods. Had to remove the gas tank and complete fuel system and wash it with hot water. The bowls of the carburator had an inch of syrup type mixture in them.

Jim

[TalonFiero]

How about 11:1 compression revving to 9k with a double shot of VTEC at 6k? :D

Sounds torqueless to me! ;)

Jim

[SuperSleeper]

mmm.... caramel.

[TalonFiero]

mmm.... caramel.
yeah, when I first took the carburator apart I scooped some of the gooey gunk out with a screwdriver and lit it on fire. Smelled like we were roasting marshmellows. My entire intake manifold had a hard candy coating on the inside!