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What grade of fuel do you use on your sc?

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Old 07-02-09, 08:44 PM
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I use 92 as that is all we have here is olympia
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Old 07-02-09, 08:47 PM
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93... i wanna go e85
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Old 07-02-09, 08:51 PM
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The owners manual recommends that you use Premium grade fuels only for the SC. That means 91 or higher. I only run 91, 100, or C16.
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Old 07-02-09, 09:02 PM
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92 octane and up, no exceptions, I'm worried even when I use 92 instead of 93 or 84.
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Old 07-02-09, 10:57 PM
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I use 91 cuz that's the only thing available to me. Its at least a 45 min drive if I want to use anything higher.
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Old 07-02-09, 11:09 PM
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c16/q16 if i had my way

but 93 since i dont have boost
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Old 07-02-09, 11:20 PM
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93 Octane!
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Old 07-02-09, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Fire
You boost premium with additives for that? Thats alot of juice.
Nope, in Australia, its 91, 95 or 98 right out of the pump.

I understand that in Japan they run 100 octane on 1JZ's, so 98 is as close as I can get.....
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Old 07-02-09, 11:59 PM
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Premium only. Usually 93 octane but I found a station with 94. I would love to run e85 when i boost her but the closest station with it to me is in Ft. Lauderdale.
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Old 07-03-09, 01:06 AM
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94 here for my soarer
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Old 07-03-09, 01:06 AM
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Premiuim 93 here as well!
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Old 07-03-09, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by SuperCoupe400
You've got it pretty good 96SC4 if .10/gal is all the extra you pay over regular octane. But figure .30 more per gallon here in the Detroit area.

That said though, I always go with 94 or the highest available. Well, except for about a three-week period last summer when the price of premium in my area topped out at around $5.03/gal. Nothing like a once-weekly $90 fill-up. Ohhhh-yeahhhh
maybe i did my math a little quick... even if it's 30 cents... $3 more for every 10 gallons. not a bank breaker...
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Old 07-03-09, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by 96SC4
maybe i did my math a little quick... even if it's 30 cents... $3 more for every 10 gallons. not a bank breaker...
Its not only that, you actually get better mileage running higher octane fuel which makes up the extra cost of that 93
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Old 07-03-09, 08:39 AM
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93 usually or if its pay day i make the 5 mile trip to get the 94 and filler up.
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Old 07-03-09, 09:47 AM
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Everyone in socal gets screwed. Our octane levels read like this. 87 - 89 - and 91 is our premium
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