TrailMystic Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 So I filled up my new del sol today for the first time, and the inside of the fuel door said, "Premium Unleaded Gas Only - See Owner's Manual." I don't have an owner's manual yet. How important is it to use premium? What are the effects of running regular? My sol is VTEC. Do only the VTEC motors need premium? Thanks, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Yeah, the only Sol's that would "require" it would be the B16-equipped VTEC models. I use plus in my Si. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallhamer88 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 i use plus in my si as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90IntegraC1 Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 i use 87, but i have to switch to 93 as soon as i get the vtec head on there this weekend hopefully....weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailMystic Posted March 29, 2007 Author Share Posted March 29, 2007 Been reading on how VTEC works. Very interesting - high and low rpm cams! When I bought the car all I knew was that VTEC delivered more horsepower, but I didn't know how. So, is the premium gas requirement strictly so the engine will perform properly when the high rpm cams kick in at 5000 rpms? The system sounds very reliable. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissi Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 its a honda it can run on 89 all day long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrorocketeer Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 filled up today and paid 2.55 for 87 at a SHELL station premium was 2.77...... EDIT: per gallon..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kegger Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 GODDAMN!!! I'm payin almost 3 bucks for a gallon of reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 It's a little over 3USD right now in CA...it fluctuates often though... I was actually thinking of how it would be if I started to use race gas...so I would have to drive my car until the tank was pretty close to empty then fill it up a little with race gas and then drive it again until it was empty and then when it's very close to empty just fill it up with all race gas? I guess the more times you fill a little and empty is better cuz there would be less of regular gas in there... anyone tried this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissi Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 It's a little over 3USD right now in CA...it fluctuates often though... I was actually thinking of how it would be if I started to use race gas...so I would have to drive my car until the tank was pretty close to empty then fill it up a little with race gas and then drive it again until it was empty and then when it's very close to empty just fill it up with all race gas? I guess the more times you fill a little and empty is better cuz there would be less of regular gas in there... anyone tried this before? FIRST OF ALL...what do u consider "Race Gas" AND WHO the hell gave u the idea to put "Race Gas" in your STOCK civic? AND PLEASE tell me one reason you beleive justifies you putting it in your gas tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapaneseDomesticMarketGSR Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Damn, what a way to make friends as a new user krissy. If you don't know what race gas is then I suggest you stop whoring. Premium gas burns cleaner and more efficient. I use nothing but premium, plus I add a bottle of octane booster everytime I fill up. It sucks cause the highest octane we have out here is 91, unless you buy "race gas" I think it is like 107. Remember, you get what u pay for. When it comes to your car don't go cheap in the short run, cause it will be expensive in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrorocketeer Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Damn, what a way to make friends as a new user krissy. If you don't know what race gas is then I suggest you stop whoring. Premium gas burns cleaner and more efficient. I use nothing but premium, plus I add a bottle of octane booster everytime I fill up. It sucks cause the highest octane we have out here is 91, unless you buy "race gas" I think it is like 107. Remember, you get what u pay for. When it comes to your car don't go cheap in the short run, cause it will be expensive in the long run. might wanna look those facts back up there buddy. octane boost does almost nothing..... your wasting your money, the only reason to use higher octane fuels is to stop detonation. It doesn't increase performance, it doesn't burn cleaner, and it isn't more efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapaneseDomesticMarketGSR Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 might wanna look those facts back up there buddy. octane boost does almost nothing..... your wasting your money, the only reason to use higher octane fuels is to stop detonation. It doesn't increase performance, it doesn't burn cleaner, and it isn't more efficient. To each his own. I'm sticking to my guns on this one buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrorocketeer Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 lol thats good for you that you pay 25cents more per gallon, then on top of that add 10 bucks for octane boost. Its a complete waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapaneseDomesticMarketGSR Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 lol thats good for you that you pay 25cents more per gallon, then on top of that add 10 bucks for octane boost. Its a complete waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 92+ octane in VTEC hondas. if honda told you to fill it that way, then do it. +1 octane boost doesnt help performance.. it prevents detonation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRG7 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Damn, what a way to make friends as a new user krissy. If you don't know what race gas is then I suggest you stop whoring. Premium gas burns cleaner and more efficient. I use nothing but premium, plus I add a bottle of octane booster everytime I fill up. It sucks cause the highest octane we have out here is 91, unless you buy "race gas" I think it is like 107. Remember, you get what u pay for. When it comes to your car don't go cheap in the short run, cause it will be expensive in the long run. Unless you have a VTEC model Sol, or a B-Series (or better) swap, then there's no need to use premium. Using a higher octane won't give you any benefits, it's when you use a lower octane than required/recommended that you'll see some loss (which is probably actually not enough to even notice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapaneseDomesticMarketGSR Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 When the motor I have was released in Cali we had 93 octane gas. Since then it has been reduced to 91. I don't mind "wasting" $3 everytime I fill up to increase the octane to minimum requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 what engine do you have? :fool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrorocketeer Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Premium gas burns cleaner and more efficient. I use nothing but premium, plus I add a bottle of octane booster everytime I fill up. This is what makes me say you waste your money, cause it doesn't do any of that. read the bottles of octane boost. half of them say it raises octane "6 points" but in fine print its really .6 so it changes 91 octane into a whopping 91.6! know what gets you to 93 octane? 14 gallons of 91 + 2 gallons of 107. probably about the same price as a bottle of octane boost, plus, you actually get to 93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 FIRST OF ALL...what do u consider "Race Gas" AND WHO the hell gave u the idea to put "Race Gas" in your STOCK civic? AND PLEASE tell me one reason you beleive justifies you putting it in your gas tank? I said "I was actually thinking of how it would be if I started to use race gas"...so I was THINKING about it...I guess I could do this when I do the mods on my car...but then again, it's expensive... god damn you get it cheap over there, i think we'd be paying the equivalent of $7 per gallon, its about £0.95 a litre over here, damn tax! oh and princess, you do know that you probably wont get any performance gains on a stock family car, if you put it in a porsche or a highly tuned vehicle then you have a reason to get it... lol, I think a lot of things are pretty expensive over there...I have a friend in Scotland and we compared a lot of prices and salaries and such...oh and tax kills us all! and about the performance gains, refer to my explanation above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 go get 103 octane at a race track somewhere.. dont get booster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapaneseDomesticMarketGSR Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 This is what makes me say you waste your money, cause it doesn't do any of that. read the bottles of octane boost. half of them say it raises octane "6 points" but in fine print its really .6 so it changes 91 octane into a whopping 91.6! know what gets you to 93 octane? 14 gallons of 91 + 2 gallons of 107. probably about the same price as a bottle of octane boost, plus, you actually get to 93. u can use the half that raises octane .6 I will use the rest. Nuff said, I am not here for advice on octane. TO EACH HIS OWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissi Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Damn, what a way to make friends as a new user krissy. If you don't know what race gas is then I suggest you stop whoring. Premium gas burns cleaner and more efficient. I use nothing but premium, plus I add a bottle of octane booster everytime I fill up. It sucks cause the highest octane we have out here is 91, unless you buy "race gas" I think it is like 107. Remember, you get what u pay for. When it comes to your car don't go cheap in the short run, cause it will be expensive in the long run. first of all its krissi with a I not Y. 2nd i am a weekly user (during track season) of the race gas, i accutally prefer sunoco purple which has an exact octane of 110- and i DONT put that in my hondauh bc its unnecessary. 3rd-LOL your saying im unable to make friends bc i call someone out on doing something stupid?? And when did i say i didnt know what race gas was? i didnt! your dawing me BC i call someone out on wanting to run race gas in their STOCK honda? i think you need to redirect your negitivity some where else buddy! i guess you have to tip toe around people who post something up that makes absolutly no freckin sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 wait, who want to use race fuel in a stock honda? thats great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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