87 octane in a v6

by **hari-bhari** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:11 pm

what are this risks of putting 87 octane instead of 89 or 91 into the v6. i know lower octane can detonate prematurely, but it seems to be running just fine.

by **Dawgz** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:22 pm

lol u freakn desi, lol i tell my dad to put higher octane in his v6 but he doesnt care, he fills up with regular octane, i put like anything above regular, in my 4cyl i didnt care, but now that i have my v6 i feel that it gives me more power at higher octane, and it should.

by **Hsakuragi** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:29 pm

for N/A v6, 87 NAME BRAND gas will do as fine as 89 or 91.

i've been using 87 since it's new until 20k i got my s/c. Nothing is wrong or lossing perfomance.

by **StockSolara** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:13 pm

we should be using 91+ octane cause our cars are consider high compression so 91+ octance will be better for us

by **Rudy** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:15 pm

StockSolara wrote:we should be using 91+ octane cause our cars are consider high compression so 91+ octance will be better for us

does your manual say that?

by **MalBandito99** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:28 pm

BS. 87 does just as fine as 91 or higher in street/spirited driving. Waste of money otherwise, its all in ur head.

by **hari-bhari** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:13 pm

yea everyone claims that its better, but nobody has a reason why....

by **krazeee1707** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:35 pm

I use 93 octane....the car doesn't feel right when i use 87. I've notice that i've gotten more miles per gallon...not much..but at least 10 more miles out of my tank. With 87 octane I got 330-335 mi..with premium i've gotten 340-345. I've used premium with all my cars and they've all lasted past 150,000 miles. Of course, they're all toyota's also.

by **Mole** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:35 pm

NA cars do fine on 87 oct.

however it does not hurt to use higher.

by **bronzemaxell** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:00 pm

krazeee1707 wrote:I use 93 octane....the car doesn't feel right when i use 87. I've notice that i've gotten more miles per gallon...not much..but at least 10 more miles out of my tank. With 87 octane I got 330-335 mi..with premium i've gotten 340-345. I've used premium with all my cars and they've all lasted past 150,000 miles. Of course, they're all toyota's also.

i use 93 octane and get 440 to 450 miles from 16 gallon, maybe i should try 87 octane next time, and see if it is the same.

by **cdssolara** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:23 pm

There's nothing wrong with 87 octane gasoline unless your engine is knocking. If you don't have any knocking issues, there's absolutely no point in paying the extra money for higher octane gas. It won't give you any extra power, and it doesn't keep your engne any cleaner. Octane is not a measure of power, it's simply a measure of resistance to spontaneous detonation.

by **Hsakuragi** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:24 am

^ thank you

by **PureNocence** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:31 pm

Don't have the option....S/C, gotta use premium

Gas is up to $2.50 for 92 here!!!!

by **HKSV6SLE** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:08 pm

you guys have to much money to waste 87 is fine though higher octane does help.

by **SolaraT** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 5:24 am

Come on now hari, give your baby 89 and call it a day. It is only $1.80 and .10 cents more then 87. If it was me. I would be putting 93 each and every time. Sure it's $1.90 or $2.00 but I don't care.

On that note. What happens if you add 93 octane to a California spec car? Do cali spec cars have lower hp then federal?

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