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Old 08-28-2006, 07:20 PM
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I figured since I'm putting premium fuel in my car, I may as well put in 94, since well... I don't know how rich I'm running, but figured at high rpms it can't hurt, right?

But none of the gas stations here seem to sell 94...

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is 94 a Canadian thing?
Old 08-28-2006, 07:24 PM
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in san jose near montague has it....but im sure there is a verdict on this ive seen this question before...and i believe is its not worth it everyday....just every now and then for fun...search cevron website
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76 near capitol automall behind capitol toyota has 100 octane
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76 sells 100 octane
Old 08-28-2006, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rhayward,Aug 28 2006, 07:24 PM
in san jose near montague has it....but im sure there is a verdict on this ive seen this question before...and i believe is its not worth it everyday....just every now and then for fun...search cevron website
Your correct. I ran 93 octane in my S2000 for 4 years and it was just like 91 here in California. 94 is no different.

So bottom line is stick with 91.
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$$ down the drain if you're either not modded or lightly modded
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I have heard there is a gas station in San Leandro that has higher octane ratings... anyone that can confirm?
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You'd be wasting money going higher than 91. Unless you can increase the compression of your engine with tons of tuning, you should not use 91 octane.
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Even if you are getting unleaded, you're just going to get higher EGT's if you can't advance the timing which will just wear your CAT down faster.
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76 at alameden/foxworthy has 100 octane, but WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?? I performed a 95 vs 91 octane comparo and found that 91 octane had more timring than 95.... try it, goto foxworthy/alemden and then plug into your obd2 mon and you'll see simliar results


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