93 octane?

[5stang0]

Is there any advantage to using 93 pump gas over regular 87? just for regular driving, not at the track

 

[mystang94gt]

Well if you have bumped your timing like a lot of us you need to run the better gas to keep it from pinging. if you havent touched the timing you can get away with 87 I would think, but my car never really liked it.

 

[onesticker]

Only if your car is tuned for the higher octane otherwise you're just wasting money

 

[95WhiteVenom]

no timing adjustments car runs better and smoother with 91 that is what its had all its life and will continue to get.

 

[RacerRick]

also premium fuel has more additives, when cool fuel sprays down on a hot intake valve you get more deposits!!

 

[Joes95GT]

Is there any advantage to using 93 pump gas over regular 87? just for regular driving, not at the track

None whatsoever.

Joe

 

[Venom351R]

I dont know about you guys saying that using 93 wont do anything unless the timming is bumped but I belive your wrong. Running a higher octane fuel will keep from deposits from building up and when my car was stock it always ran better on 93 then it did on 87

 

[JimTMich]

I was having pinging issues with 7* timing on 93 octane. Then I started using that new shell v-power and in about 600 miles my car stopped knocking completely and it has a lot more power! don't really know what is going on here.

 

[jetuomi]

higher octane allows more pressure or temperature before ignition.. so, if you're stock, and your car runs fine on 87, then no benefits will be realized, and, actually, you might loose power??

 

[HazMat404]

higher octane allows more pressure or temperature before ignition.. so, if you're stock, and your car runs fine on 87, then no benefits will be realized, and, actually, you might loose power??

ur dead on right there. run the lowest possible octane without causing detonation (sometimes it happens and you cant hear it). the higher the octane, the harder it is to burn. that vpower stuff has injector cleaner in it (the alcohol makes it a lil harder to burn but also cleans deposits). you should "lose" power with a higher octane but not too much is noticable. if ur car takes 87 fine and you start using 93 for awhile, your car will start to require 93 and you wont be able to go back down to 87 anymore.

this sums it up pretty decently http://www.ricehatersclub.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=9836