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10-11-2008, 11:06 PM	#1
fastfret7 Drives: 2003 Ford Focus SVT EAP Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ashburn,VA Posts: 299	What Octane will the SS be rated? What Octane will the SS be rated?

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z28camaross Drives: 02 z28 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new jersey Posts: 177	can regular harm the engine ill probally just put premium in it anyway though __________________ camaro

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Jamestwilliams junior member Drives: Grand Am Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: canada Posts: 534	(R+M)/2 91 octane.

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swifttal Drives: '91 Z-28 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Phoenix, Az Posts: 446	same as the vette - premium

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kevin2323 Drives: challenger Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: miami Posts: 2,338	dont use regular on performance engines...my truck has a 5.7 hemi and i put regular even though midgrade was recomended and I had to flush out my engine a month ago at 30000 miles cuz of all the crap that built up in my engine. so please use the grade recomended.

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dont use regular on performance engines...my truck has a 5.7 hemi and i put regular even though midgrade was recomended and I had to flush out my engine a month ago at 30000 miles cuz of all the crap that built up in my engine.

so please use the grade recomended.

That is a myth. Flush out what part of your engine? Do you mean cleaning your injectors? Or something else? Any fuel will leave carbon deposits on your valves/combustion chamber, it is part of the combustion process. Some may be worse than others if you believe the advertising, but it is definitely not related to octane.

As to the recommended octane, if you really want to save the money and you always take it easy driving, you could use regular. But who buys a v8 camaro to baby it? I recommend premium, for an extra $5 a week to get the performance you paid for in the car seems worth it to me.

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I recommend premium, for an extra $5 a week to get the performance you paid for in the car seems worth it to me.

Depends on where you live though. Here premium is $1.50 more then regular at the low end and now is as much as $2 more per gallon. Mid grade isn't much better running about $1 more then regular per gallon.

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ljustin293 Drives: 2010 VR CAMARO 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: GA Posts: 15,060 View My Garage	I'm thinkin about premium for one fill up and then mid-grade the next...is this a bad idea??

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Depends on where you live though. Here premium is $1.50 more then regular at the low end and now is as much as $2 more per gallon. Mid grade isn't much better running about $1 more then regular per gallon.

Holy crap, I live in the communist state of California and premium is only 30-40 cents more a gallon.

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Depends on where you live though. Here premium is $1.50 more then regular at the low end and now is as much as $2 more per gallon. Mid grade isn't much better running about $1 more then regular per gallon.

Wow, that is ridiculous. Sounds like an additional state tax because it definitely does not cost that much more to produce.

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Depends on where you live though. Here premium is $1.50 more then regular at the low end and now is as much as $2 more per gallon. Mid grade isn't much better running about $1 more then regular per gallon.

Is that a gallon or a tank? Do you live far from the city because gaspricewatch lists premium as being 30-50 cents more a gallon in most cities in west NC. I feel for you if you don't live near a city with gas competition. I remember when I lived in California and the gas prices were about $2 - if you traveled through the mountains or desert, the crooks were charging $4.50 a gallon. Biggest sleezbags in the country - should be shot in the streets taking advantage of people like that

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10-12-2008, 05:26 PM

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Depends on where you live though. Here premium is $1.50 more then regular at the low end and now is as much as $2 more per gallon. Mid grade isn't much better running about $1 more then regular per gallon.

That's insane. There's about a 20 to 25 cent difference between the grades here.

Regular is currently $2.85 and I believe Super/Premium was $3.13.

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Depends on where you live though. Here premium is $1.50 more then regular at the low end and now is as much as $2 more per gallon. Mid grade isn't much better running about $1 more then regular per gallon.

Damn... you need to email your congress person!!

We've got a 10 - 20 cent premium tops

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