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guapo · 09-19-2013, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Edzo

What KIND of fuel? Gasoline!

Liquid, of course, just had to sorry... I use 87,,

DagoCountyGee · 09-19-2013, 06:01 PM

Manual says use 87 or higher.

SSteven · 09-19-2013, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by steph09

So should I be putting premium in my SS???

V6 is tuned for regular while V8 is tuned for premium. After a few tanks of premium, do the fuse pull to reset the ecm fuel table. Search here and you'll find it.

Ajdin@A2BMotorsport · 09-19-2013, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by AmericanMuscleCars

87 regular, no need to do the 91 unless you have an SS, a v8 or higher. Unless your my cousin who owns a mini cooper S 4 banger and he fills his up with 91 octane

Mini Cooper depending on year is either Supercharged or Turbo'd... 91 minimum in those cars.. Anyone who runs 91 or higher in a V6 without boost or tune is just wasting money.

blk13SS · 09-19-2013, 06:13 PM

Upgrade your fuel pump and injectors and pump E85 Ethanol, make sure you tune it afterwards... That's if you don't care about your factory warranty being voided...

fielderLS3 · 09-19-2013, 06:23 PM

Anything above regular in the V6 is a total waste of money. With a stock tune, it will not run any better on 91 than 87. Direct injection is allowing some engines to go as high as 13:1 on regular, and the V6 Camaro is lower compression than that.

As for the V8, premium is recommended, but not truly necessary. I usually use premium in my car, but this last summer, when some stations started charging as much as 97 cents a gallon more for premium than regular, I used regular or midgrade a few times until that craziness subsided. It makes slightly less power on it, but anyone who says they can "feel" the difference is either lying, or overly prone to suggestion.

fielderLS3 · 09-19-2013, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by blk13SS

Upgrade your fuel pump and injectors and pump E85 Ethanol, make sure you tune it afterwards... That's if you don't care about your factory warranty being voided...

....And don't mind having to stop to refill every 150 miles.

blk13SS · 09-19-2013, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by fielderLS3

....And don't mind having to stop to refill every 150 miles.

True, E85 burns 4x faster than 93 octane, resulting in horrible MPG.

Goober · 09-19-2013, 08:38 PM

Regular is fine unless you can get your hands on rocket fuel. A bit pricey but well worth it.

Rocky1974 · 09-19-2013, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Knockoutpie

SO I have a v6, should I just be using regular unleaded? 87 or should I use supreme 89, and whatever the 91 premium? Does it matter?

If you do a search on this, you'll find it's been beat to death....

steph09 · 09-19-2013, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SSteven

V6 is tuned for regular while V8 is tuned for premium. After a few tanks of premium, do the fuse pull to reset the ecm fuel table. Search here and you'll find it.

Okay, i'll start putting premium.

As for the fuse pull, is it one fuse? and which fuse is it?

DagoCountyGee · 09-20-2013, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by AmericanMuscleCars

87 regular, no need to do the 91 unless you have an SS, a v8 or higher. Unless your my cousin who owns a mini cooper S 4 banger and he fills his up with 91 octane

Nothing wrong with that if it's required. The civic si and rsx type s requires premium too.

09-19-2013, 06:13 PM	#19
blk13SS Drives: '13 1SS LS3 '05 Neon SRT-4 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 195 View My Garage	Upgrade your fuel pump and injectors and pump E85 Ethanol, make sure you tune it afterwards... That's if you don't care about your factory warranty being voided... __________________ 2013 1SS LS3/Cold Air Inductions/VMAX ported tb/TSP 1 7/8 LTs and xpipe/factory NPP axleback/BTR stg 3 cam kit/ZL1 injectors/3.91 gears/MGW sts/DSS carbon fiber driveshaft/DSS 1000hp axles/BMR LCAs & adj. toe rods/DSMLIGHTS E85 dyno tune 454/427 running out fuel. ZL1 fuel pump, McLeod twin disk, and retune coming soon!

09-19-2013, 06:23 PM	#20
fielderLS3 Drives: 2016 Mazda6, 2011 Mustang 5.0 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Portage, Wisconsin Posts: 4,049	Anything above regular in the V6 is a total waste of money. With a stock tune, it will not run any better on 91 than 87. Direct injection is allowing some engines to go as high as 13:1 on regular, and the V6 Camaro is lower compression than that. As for the V8, premium is recommended, but not truly necessary. I usually use premium in my car, but this last summer, when some stations started charging as much as 97 cents a gallon more for premium than regular, I used regular or midgrade a few times until that craziness subsided. It makes slightly less power on it, but anyone who says they can "feel" the difference is either lying, or overly prone to suggestion. __________________ 2022 1SS 1LE (Arrived 4/29/22) "The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive." . 2022 1SS 1LE (Coming Soon)

09-19-2013, 06:01 PM	#16
DagoCountyGee Drives: '15 SS Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: North County Posts: 1,235	Manual says use 87 or higher.

09-19-2013, 08:38 PM	#23
Goober Account Suspended Drives: Camaro Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: US Posts: 522	Regular is fine unless you can get your hands on rocket fuel. A bit pricey but well worth it.