What kind of gas do you put in your C6?
04-08-2011, 07:51 PM
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Sunoco 93.
04-08-2011, 09:00 PM
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13, '16-'17-'18
Shell V-Power or Chevron Supreme only
(and a bottle of Techron every quarter either way)
(and a bottle of Techron every quarter either way)
04-08-2011, 09:33 PM
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Exxon 93 octane. Filled up today 22.1 mpg 3.839 a gallon.
A couple of years ago, I had to use regular once when I was out of town, gauge on "E" and no mid range or high test available. I didn't notice any difference...except maybe mpg was less.
A couple of years ago, I had to use regular once when I was out of town, gauge on "E" and no mid range or high test available. I didn't notice any difference...except maybe mpg was less.
04-08-2011, 09:40 PM
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LS3 is factory tuned for 91. Gets best performance at 91. Can be run without harm (slight loss of hp/torque) on 87. If your neck of the woods carries 93 instead of 91..perfectly fine but you are not gaining a single horsepower.
04-08-2011, 10:07 PM
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04-08-2011, 10:10 PM
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I have run 89 octane in my LS1,LS2 and LS3 Corvettes from the beginning. They all run great and absolutely no issues ever. Period.
The same goes for my Viper and 5 HD's. The government mandates that the EMC permits the use of 87 octane. If you track or drag race and have performance mods then by all means use a higher octane.
Octane is not power. It is only a measurement of resistance to ignition. BTU's is where the power is in gasoline and 87 through 93 have the same number of BTU's.
One horse power is 2,545 btu's/hour. 1 gallon of gas is 115,000 BTU's.
The same goes for my Viper and 5 HD's. The government mandates that the EMC permits the use of 87 octane. If you track or drag race and have performance mods then by all means use a higher octane.
Octane is not power. It is only a measurement of resistance to ignition. BTU's is where the power is in gasoline and 87 through 93 have the same number of BTU's.
One horse power is 2,545 btu's/hour. 1 gallon of gas is 115,000 BTU's.
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