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BigRichard

11-10-2015 10:42 AM

Car and SUV yes, in my truck no.

MTG#10

11-10-2015 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baconeater (Post 11872942)

Ford brought the SHO Taurus back?

Yeah but its a V6 Ecoboost. I'd love to have one with the 5.0 Coyote.

Warpaint69

11-10-2015 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by TEX (Post 11873742)

Understandable. Don't they come with some type of knock sensor that will pull timing in case someone goes full reerun and / or accidently fills up with regular 85/86/87 octane?

Yep, the computer will adjust to a low octane fuel table for timing if someone goes full reerun. I've seen one owner of a 2012 vert SS Camaro using low grade fuel. :eek: Only non ethanol 91 for my car.

Randallflagg

11-10-2015 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Li'l Smokey (Post 11873423)

Hopefully you didn't get e85 on accident. LMAO

The rental car company will be giving you a call shortly if you did.

:)

I usually am picked up at the airport and drive a company car to visit our clients. This time, however, the company cars were all out so I rented and drove straight to Fort Collins from Denver, then down to Colorado Springs. I'm an old man, so the Challenger (with the big Hemi) was tons of fun, although it would be worthless in the snow....

But yeah, I was surprised to see the same price for the 85 octane that we normally pay for 87 in KC.

Red Beans

11-10-2015 12:16 PM

I only use premium non-ethanol gas in my small engines, mostly lawn equipment.

TimeForWasp

11-10-2015 12:44 PM

somewhere between 17 and 38

Gravedigger

11-10-2015 12:45 PM

Nope, just premium ass!

ping2000

11-10-2015 02:36 PM

Methane. Tried all the recipes in the Chili thread.

Graystoke

11-10-2015 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ (Post 11873756)

If you only had one choice--either put high octane fuel in your car OR non ethanol fuel (87 octane) in your car, which would you choose? Ideally, you COULD have both, but it'd be real expensive gas. So, if you can only choose one of the two options, which way would you go?

Non Ethanol.

Holladay

11-10-2015 02:42 PM

surprised this hasn't been mentioned. Octane Booster. I run 87 in my CTS-V and add a bottle of booster that runs $3. Runs like a beast!

frankotank

11-10-2015 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baconeater (Post 11872946)

Oh. I knew they brought the Taurus back but I didn't know there was an SHO version. I'd think I'd have seen one by now.

well like idiots they made them look almost identical to non-SHO's and they have relatively small badges on them. I've owned two SHO's in my life and if I had a modern one I'd want it shouting.....I'M AN SHO! ROFL

Tombstone RJ

11-11-2015 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holladay (Post 11874455)

surprised this hasn't been mentioned. Octane Booster. I run 87 in my CTS-V and add a bottle of booster that runs $3. Runs like a beast!

Octane boost and non ethanol 87 might be a good option for those who don't want to spend a boat load of money every time they fill their car with expensive gas options.

ToxSocks

11-11-2015 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 11873743)

I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that modern cars will reerun the ignition timing to prevent pre-ignition. If so, you don't have to use premium, but the vehicle's performance will suffer.

No idea. But my car has a known timing chain issue so i'd rather not **** with it. I've heard different things. To name a few:

Use higher octane only if the motor is pinging.
Using 91 Octane on an 87 Octane car may cause premature failure of the injectors
Forced induction cars must use 91 Octane or higher.

I've heard a lot of things regarding octane. I'm not really sure what to believe so i just go with what the book says.

Donger

11-11-2015 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holladay (Post 11874455)

surprised this hasn't been mentioned. Octane Booster. I run 87 in my CTS-V and add a bottle of booster that runs $3. Runs like a beast!

Radar Chief

11-11-2015 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 11876530)

No idea. But my car has a known timing chain issue so i'd rather not **** with it. I've heard different things. To name a few:

Use higher octane only if the motor is pinging.
Using 91 Octane on an 87 Octane car may cause premature failure of the injectors
Forced induction cars must use 91 Octane or higher.

I've heard a lot of things regarding octane. I'm not really sure what to believe so i just go with what the book says.

Never heard of that one.
But I do know that running 91 octane in an 87 octane motor is sending more unburned fuel down the exhaust and can clog your cat(s). Saw that one for myself.

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