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Old 04-13-2006, 10:23 PM
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quick question

what do you guys fill your 8s up with regular, premium, hydrogen lol?
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exellent question...........

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i've tried all 3, i use regular now (87) i dont notice a difference between 87,89 and 93
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premium all the time. which is 91 here.
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lol it's all preference lol

but Mazda recommends 91+ lol

I use 93 lol cuz it pwns lol

with 87 u risk detonation lol but it could also help gas mileage too lol
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sometimes I really do think the experts are the so called "experts" and they say 91.
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89 and im comfortable with that. Experts say 91 is "recommended" not "required". I just use 89 for my daily drives, but for spirited drives I use 92 which is what we have here in WA.
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Just try all, see which is best for your car, judging from older threads you really cant draw a conclusion, some say 87, 89, 91, 93, 94, race gas......... and so on, each engine seem to be different =d
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Old 04-14-2006, 06:24 AM
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I use Uranium 235.
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^Thought I was the only one.
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I use 93 here. I trieda tank of 87 and 89, and she just didnt run well. Ruff idle. Id never go back.
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93 V-Power, some local stations try to sell 91 for the same price as 93, but I want that last 2 octane dammit. That's at least a half of hp. I believe were up to $2.98 today.
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Premium+2 stroke synthetic
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I use 93 Octane all the time.... Even though gas prices are rising, just to be on the safe side I follow what the book says.... In some cases they have seen engine knocking and performance loss.... who knows, i'm just being safe! But like everyone said just try everything
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Are you from Brunei in/near Malaysia? If so wow. Neat place. How much is the gas there?

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I use thermite, it burns very clean... but my engine bay gets kinda hot...
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Originally Posted by JRichter
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Are you from Brunei in/near Malaysia? If so wow. Neat place. How much is the gas there?

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I assume you are not trying to be sarcastic here, I'm living in petrol paradise, it only cost $US 0.4 for a litre of 97 RON.
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What burns faster, 93 or 87? My engine rattle is still there, I'm thinking about experimenting with 87 for a while to see if the pinging goes away at all.
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87 burns faster, if you ping at 93 something is wrong
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Originally Posted by Raptor2k
lol it's all preference lol

but Mazda recommends 91+ lol

I use 93 lol cuz it pwns lol

with 87 u risk detonation lol but it could also help gas mileage too lol
Yo Rap, where do u get ur 93?
Its only 91 around here, so I buy Octane Boosters to grade it up.
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Originally Posted by yiksing
87 burns faster, if you ping at 93 something is wrong
Indeed, and nobody can explain why.
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Originally Posted by MazdaRX8er
Yo Rap, where do u get ur 93?
Its only 91 around here, so I buy Octane Boosters to grade it up.
Gas stations here give 87, 89 and 93.
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in Cali, it 87, 89, 91 only! sad thing eh? in Japan I hear they can get 98 - 96 at any station.
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Don't they put extra ethanol or something too? Seems to make gas mileage worse for rx8s in cali
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True, i'm barely getting 180 with DSC on. with DSC off 240 on full tank.


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