Racing Gas... What'd happen?
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No you would run fine with it. Won't do anything for you though. The engine is set to runat it's optimum level with 91/93 octane gas. Unless you are FI'ed this would do very little for you.
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The first thing it would do is to lighten your wallet. You won't gain any power with it and you'll probably lose power with it since the engine isn't tuned for it. Save your money.
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All of the above.....
You would probably experience LESS total power, due to the slower burn rate and lighter components.
If it is LEADED race gas, it can poison the catalyst,($1800)and quickly kill the primary O2 sensor ($600) causing a default rich condition, check engine light, and the repairs that won't be under warranty.
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If it is LEADED race gas, it can poison the catalyst,($1800)and quickly kill the primary O2 sensor ($600) causing a default rich condition, check engine light, and the repairs that won't be under warranty.
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Originally Posted by StealthTL
You would probably experience LESS total power, due to the slower burn rate and lighter components.
1. Unless your car is tuned to take advantage of higher octane gas, it won't gain you anything. The NA RX-8 will not automatically adjust timing based on higher octane gas.
2. Leaded and unleaded race gas exists. Unleaded is commonly found in 100 octane, sometimes in 110 octane. Leaded is commonly found in 110 and higher octane ratings.
3. Octane ratings are calculated in three different ways. RON, MON and (RON + MON) / 2. Either RON or MON (I forget which) is more important in terms of anti-knock. This means the last method (which is more commonly used) can result in different anti-knock properties for the same octane rating. This is why CA "91 octane" is equivalent to FL "89 octane" when it comes to knock under boost.
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