And I have to say, I wasn't impressed

I ran the tank down near E, then went and got $10 worth of 87 (6.6 gallons). While I loved paying $1.49 for gas, it didn't make for a happy ending.

I got down the street, let the 87 set in a little bit, and did about 4-5 runs from just off idle to about 4000 or so. It didn't feel the same, and it appeared to run rougher (some of that "roughness" could be I was sensing my ever-growing (but still small) exhaust leak) and didn't have the same pull.

Now, maybe it was just the ECM adjusting to the 87 after 9 months of nothing but 93. I didn't floor it to see how bad detonation would be.

About 10 miles down the road I filled the car up with another 6 gallons of 93, pulled out of the station, let it mix together with the 87 and yanked on it, and it felt better.

Could be psycological, but for the .20 a gallon, I'll stick with the better stuff.

Comments??



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Jason E
'89 Camaro RS 2.8
Hypertech chip/K&N filters/Accel 8.8 wires,coil/RapidFires
Eclipse CD and 100x4 amp/Boston plates and 6x9s
JasonEE98 on AOL IM

 

If they have it around try 89 or 91! It should do about the same as 93.

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91 RS Camaro
3.1L
Cat Back System, K&N filter,modified air box, Fastchip Stage 2, 160 thermo, Rapidfires and Bosch Wires 5 Air Horns

Kills: 89' 302 Thunderbird, 88' 305 Cutless Supreme, 90' 3.8 Bonneville

My Car

 

You've used 93 for 9 months!? I bet that ate a hole in your pocket! I use 87 all the time. Well today I put in $4 worth of 89, didnt give me **** tho. But I used 89 all the time for a long time but then I just said beep it and started using 87. Cant really tell any difference. The 87 is cheaper so thats what I use. Dunno what to tell ya tho!

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1992 Camaro RS 3.1L
T5 Manual 5 speed
Cold/RAM air intake
Z-28 Exhaust
8.5mm MSD Ignition wires
TB Coolant bypass

AIM screen name - Stopsign696
Kills:

95 (****) Probe GT
94 Mustang GT
91 CRX (dont ask me why he raced me)
2nd Gen Z28 (350) haha to you V8 guys!
1992 RS 305 TBI (good race)
More to come

 

Monkie, I use 93 because of the chip. You wouldn't have a reason to use any more than 87 in your car (or any stock 2.8/3.1 for that matter).

Garmer, the way I see it, around here there is only a .05 difference to go from 89 to 93. For the .05 more, I figure what the hell...go for it!

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Jason E
'89 Camaro RS 2.8
Hypertech chip/K&N filters/Accel 8.8 wires,coil/RapidFires
Eclipse CD and 100x4 amp/Boston plates and 6x9s
JasonEE98 on AOL IM

 

Ohhhhhhhh, yea that would make more sense! didn't realize you had a chip.

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1992 Camaro RS 3.1L
T5 Manual 5 speed
Cold/RAM air intake
Z-28 Exhaust
8.5mm MSD Ignition wires
TB Coolant bypass

AIM screen name - Stopsign696
Kills:

95 (****) Probe GT
94 Mustang GT
91 CRX (dont ask me why he raced me)
2nd Gen Z28 (350) haha to you V8 guys!
1992 RS 305 TBI (good race)
More to come

 

Ive used 92 octane since the first day i bought my car and i notcie it runs better and gets more milage out of 92 plus its better and for 1.65 a gallon it isnt so bad i liked it when i paied 1.20 gor 92

 

how dare you speak of the 87 octane, j/k. I read you really dont need to use anything higher than 89 octane in a V6 since it doesnt need the hight combustibility like a V8 does. I myself have to use 93 since i have the hypertech chip, its kinda cheap around here, some places $1.10 a gallon, so its not that bad.

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91 Blue RS with ASCD SS hood w/hood pins, Flowmaster 80 series w/3 inch dual exhaust, K&N, Hypertech Power Chip, Bosch Platinum wires and plugs.(19 years old and all this bought and paid for by myself, even the car, sorry but i cant stand all those rich little kids who have their mommy and daddy buy all their stuff)

 

$1.10 for 93?? ARGH!!!!!! My Hypertech chip's making me pay $1.69 for it, and that's the cheapest its been! Most places around here are $1.79.

 

Whenever I use anything lower than 89 my Camaro wants to "disel" whenever I shut it off. So I only run 89 or higher.

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"5 out of 4 people have a problem with fractions"

My Camaro: http://home.earthlink.net/~singleton052095

 

I always filled my car up with 89. It ran pretty good. I tried putting in 87 once though, and it didn't seem to pull as hard, and ran a little on the rough side. Maybe it's just a V6 thing.

Vman

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1969 Camaro
383, Corvette heads, 700R4
Resto is in progress

1988 Toyota 4-Runner
aka the Parts Hauler

 

Jason where I live 89 is only a penny more than 87, but 93 is .20 more! So I run 89, and everything runs fine!

Monkie, you shouldnt have fealt any differnece since you have the stock chip!

 

my dad ran 93 for about 8 years in the bird, and then ran 89 for 6, i got the car, and ran 89 for a month, and then do one filling of 93 octane. Since i got the new motor, (after 233,000 miles) i've run nothing but 93 octane, and things are all good for now, but then, i've only got 1000 miles on this engine. oh yeah, i can pick up 93 octane for 1.35 here in St. Louie