Wicked_SS Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 when i was gettin gas in alhambra today, i saw that they had 101 octane and thought hmmmmmm...wonder what would happen if i put that in? besides being 5 bux/gallon..would there be any disadvantages to putting that in my ss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 as long as it's unleaded, it'd work fine. shouldn't have any knock signal on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 TURN UP THE BOOOOOOOST!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Higher octane resist combustion more, hence why you can run more boost or timing. It really has no performance aspect besides this reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSport Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 if you run to much octane it actually works like a timing retardent, so you should only run what you need not to have any pinging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 To restate: TURN UP THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmpianalto Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Whatever you do, dont run av-gas, it has some strange stuff in it, plus is made to burn in altitude, like above, kinda acts like a timing retardant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 i don't believe Wicked has any boost. at least on the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSR Mike Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 A little bit of Education How Stuff Works basically everyone here is correct Higer octane = harder to ignite=good for high compression applications/not good for low compression applications. $5 a gallon is a ripoff of un-educated NASCAR wannabes(IMHO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 i don't believe Wicked has any boost. at least on the truck. This must be corrected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Al Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 i don't believe Wicked has any boost. at least on the truck. This must be corrected! Then turn up the BOOOOOOSSST! I think I'm getting the hang of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 You've got it now, Al!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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