Ive been goin to gas stations in cali lately and noticeing that insted of 92 octaine they now have 91 Whats up with this and will it mess with my chip since it requires 92?

 

Lots of chips say they need higher octanes. Our v6's have a lower compression so dont really need it. You'll find lots of guys here with modified v6's running 89 and even 87. Truth is, when I tried out 91 octane once on my car, it felt slower. I personally just stick with 89.

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85 2.8L Sport Coupe 5-speed.
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My car has awlays run better on 92 tho

 

My car loves 93. 89 feels no different than 87 in my car, but for some reason with 93 it feels slightly smoother.

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Jason E

'89 Camaro RS
-Medium Grey Metallic
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-Alpine 60x4 and Bostons

'97 Z28
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-Eclipse CD and 10" Aluminum sub in JL Audio Stealth box, Boston RM speakers, Xtant 403a amp

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I agree with Jason, 92 makes it seem smoother, but I just save myself the cash and run 87... Once my car gets it act together and starts working right that might change though.

[EDIT] To answer your question... it shouldn't matter... Crazy Cali's... :rolleye:

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[This message has been edited by Xenodrgn (edited August 04, 2001).]

 

But whats up with the 91 Octaine tho???? im seeing it everywere now

 

they sell 103 at a station next to my house. just FYI. I don't see how it could help my car, quite yet



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Jeff
92 Camaro V6, mods: K&N, modified air box, JET chip 2,high performance muffler.
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Cant forget the 89 which i now see as 88.5 octaine

 

Well i found out why all the octaine ratings went down in ALL of california. They took out the MTBE in the gas cuz cali says it causes cancer and is bad so i guess by the end ofthis year all of california will have 87 88.5 and 91 octaine. all i gotta say is DAMN COMMIES