Solara specs

[Turbosolara]

Do you think you know solara enough..? here is more numbers you might not known

http://www.new-cars.com/2002/toyota/toy ... tions.html

I think this site is nice, very detail, excellent for new car buyers!

[Turbosolara]

btw, i just found out solara drag coefficient is 0.31, matrix is 0.321

but G35 coupe is 0.27, and with rear spoiler it will reduce to 0.26

[raqdim]

I have a question regarding the recommended fuel. in the site, it said that the 91-octane unleaded is recommended for a V6 engine. What about if I use the 89 octane unleaded. Is it bad for the engine? (The difference between the two is the quantity of octane that enhances the performance of the engine, am I right?).

[Jackass-Jeff]

higher octane reduces the chance of engine ping

If you're running forced induction (turbo/supercharger) you'd have to put the highest octane you can. If you're n/a, you can (I think) put 89 into the v6.

[NASTY]

hell, even 87 is fine
if you detect knocking, move up

[happy_aggies]

The manual says 87 for 1MZ-FE.

[p-phunck]

our solaras where designed to run 87 octane...i did notice that when i use higher octance fuels i get better gas mileage...anyhow i dunno where u guys live but chicago gas SUX...if u use higher than 87 ull get more of an eggish smell because of the sulfur that they mix the fuel with...did i say chicago gas SUX!!!!!

[Yanks0114]

Very nice site. Thanks man.

We've had the discussion about gas before and basically they write 91 because in some cases you might experience retarded timing. Chances are you won't ping but the ECU will retard timing. If that is true then go for higher octane to advance the timing back to normal, if not, continue using 87 octane