So my salesman told me Premium isn't needed in the Evo
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Originally Posted by Stealth-Ghost
anyways, my mom is like "so this needs premium?", and I hear my salesman go "Not really, you can put in whatever you want it's not really needed" or something like that, basicly saying premium isn't required, just suggested.
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Yeah I know haha, most salesman don't know jack at any dealership unless they own the car you're talking about, like some salesman on evom own evos
Is there 98 octane in Colorado at like BP? I never look at the premium gas really since I don't have a car that needs it yet, and I just moved here =/
Is there 98 octane in Colorado at like BP? I never look at the premium gas really since I don't have a car that needs it yet, and I just moved here =/
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Originally Posted by Stealth-Ghost
Yeah I know haha, most salesman don't know jack at any dealership unless they own the car you're talking about, like some salesman on evom own evos
Is there 98 octane in Colorado at like BP? I never look at the premium gas really since I don't have a car that needs it yet, and I just moved here =/
Is there 98 octane in Colorado at like BP? I never look at the premium gas really since I don't have a car that needs it yet, and I just moved here =/
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Originally Posted by Stealth-Ghost
Yeah I know haha, most salesman don't know jack at any dealership unless they own the car you're talking about, like some salesman on evom own evos
Is there 98 octane in Colorado at like BP? I never look at the premium gas really since I don't have a car that needs it yet, and I just moved here =/
Is there 98 octane in Colorado at like BP? I never look at the premium gas really since I don't have a car that needs it yet, and I just moved here =/
premium is usually 93 unless your in Cali which is a ridiculous 91
if your trying to hit 98, you could use the toulene approach:
http://www.elektro.com/~audi/audi/toluene.html
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Originally Posted by Stealth-Ghost
I'll use whatever the highest is at the stations around me, if it's 93 is that high enough?...
like BP, Shell, Amoco...etc
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I'll use whatever the highest is at the stations around me, if it's 93 is that high enough?...
Now, THAT really scares me. Mommy is a part of the buying process...newbie questions...don't know if 93oct is enough. WOW. I fear for the future of this Evo IX.
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Actually you can run 87 octane on your Evo. You won't see the type of power you can get from 91+ but I believe the ECU will retard timing to offset the lower octane. Until the ECU compensates for the poor gas you'll probably experience some nasty pinging under boost and/or at higher RPM's.
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
Is 93 high enough????????????//
Now, THAT really scares me. Mommy is a part of the buying process...newbie questions...don't know if 93oct is enough. WOW. I fear for the future of this Evo IX.
Now, THAT really scares me. Mommy is a part of the buying process...newbie questions...don't know if 93oct is enough. WOW. I fear for the future of this Evo IX.
I don't know much about the fuel process and what lower octane will do to your car if it requires higher. If the manual says 98, and I use 93 or 91, will that be high enough so that I won't experience problems or hurt the engine, or should I mix my fuel to overcome that.
That is what I ment.
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i guess one thing good about here is 94 is all over the place, plus there is 3 spots that 104, and 110.. im sure some southern boys could get some shine though.. id give a finger for a couple gallons of the good stuff.. ot sorry.
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I want to see the manual that says you should run 98 octane...can you scan that or something?
I'm surprised these salesman threads keep popping up...figured everyone knew by now that most of them couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.
I'm surprised these salesman threads keep popping up...figured everyone knew by now that most of them couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.