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Old 08-12-2003 | 06:01 AM
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Originally posted by PikkaGTR
spending a dollar more for higher octane gas is not worth a dime unless you got forced induction
with an N\A set up 120 octane race gas won't give you a single HP gain
all the octane rating is is the ability of the fuel to resist detonation and\or preignition......there for good for turbo\SC but worthless in a N\A set up
so does the mean you don't run 91 or better octane in your lude even though the honda manual tells you to.
Old 08-12-2003 | 07:50 AM
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Nobody even said anything about 120 octane gas anyway. Anywhere between 91 and 94 is good for cars with compression ratios between 9.5 and 12. I made the mistake of putting 89 in my lude once when I was low on cash and the damn thing barely ran. Ludes are 9.5 or 10 aren't they?
Old 08-12-2003 | 08:51 AM
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Only place I ever saw higher than 94 was out in some hick town at a Citgo... 105 for like $5/gallon.

Sunoco is what I usually get and I see their ad's talking about "racing fuel" but I never see anything higher than 94 at the pumps.
Old 08-12-2003 | 09:02 AM
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H22a4 compression = 10:1, high enough to warrant the use of 91 octane.

11.5:1 or 12:1 is the threshold for pump gas.
Old 08-12-2003 | 05:33 PM
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Originally posted by monkey


yeah stay away from the regular fuel unless you want engine knock.

this remark is highly untrue (to put it nicely ). prelude's automatically retard timing to prevent knock.
Old 08-13-2003 | 04:29 AM
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Originally posted by epoxy
this remark is highly untrue (to put it nicely ). prelude's automatically retard timing to prevent knock.
it has to knock first before the sensor picks it up, so it will ping, but it will stop once the sensor detects it and retards timing.
Old 09-15-2003 | 12:35 AM
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91 is all i can get
damn shitty CA gas
2.15 a gallpm!




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