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Best Gas to put in the v6 solara

Best Gas to put in the v6 solara

Postby Eviltwinpsu » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:36 pm

What's everyone using in their car octane wise?
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Postby Parke10 » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:36 pm

Please not to be mean but Use the SEARCH on the top of the page the bold search thing ,becuase there are a million topics on this already, thanks, and dont take that the wrong way i just think evry1 is tired of a new 1 evry week
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Postby dvdchris45 » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:46 pm

i use 89 Octane. Gas prices are a bitch right now!
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Postby bassthrive » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:58 pm

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use the gas your manual recommends :drinking:

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Postby Eviltwinpsu » Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:27 pm

sorry guys im new to this forum plus im lazy but ill definatly use the search feature from now on
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Postby Hsakuragi » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:28 am

N/A = use 87 will do the same, but use name brand gas
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Postby mattyboyl » Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:22 am

It all depends on how cheap I feel that day and whether or not I'm - - looking for more performance or just want to get from point A to point B. SO I jump around from 87-91-93 octane. With gas prices these days, I have been sticking with the lower end of the echelon. :wink:
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Postby MrMikeL » Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:34 am

I think the owners manual covers this topic pretty well. Try looking there first.
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Postby LunarMistGray » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:06 pm

Eviltwinpsu said
What's everyone using in their car octane wise?


I use high octane all the way. It doesn't make good sense to use low octane gas for car that requires high.
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Postby yanges » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:16 pm

check your owners manual...

Toyota recommends using 91 octane in the 2004 Solara owners manual for better performance for the V6's....

i am using 89 in mine as i got the 4 cyl. auto and i always felt a little extra octane helped the engine feel stronger in my Scion xB, so hopefully it will help here too.... 8)
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Postby slingshot » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:54 pm

Minimum requirement for the V6 in the owner's manual is 87 octane. They recommend 91 octane for better performance. But you won't notice any difference in performance or economy. At least I don't.
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Postby angelo » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:55 am

slingshot wrote:Minimum requirement for the V6 in the owner's manual is 87 octane. They recommend 91 octane for better performance. But you won't notice any difference in performance or economy. At least I don't.

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I notice a HUGE difference in both performance and fuel economy. Using 93 only for the last 30-40K and do not regret a bit.
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Postby SC V6 » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:44 am

92.. thats all the better it gets where im at
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Postby technole » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:06 am

angelo wrote:
slingshot wrote:Minimum requirement for the V6 in the owner's manual is 87 octane. They recommend 91 octane for better performance. But you won't notice any difference in performance or economy. At least I don't.

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I notice a HUGE difference in both performance and fuel economy. Using 93 only for the last 30-40K and do not regret a bit.


I concur. I notice the trip computer is more accurate when putting 93 in. Plus the vehicle responds better.

In fact I really like Shell's new V-Power 93 premium gas.
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Postby slingshot » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:09 am

I'd certainly hope 93 octane would show some improvement. My post was comparing 87 to 91 though. Glad to hear some see improvements with 93 but are the improvements really worth the price difference over 87 octane gas?
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