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What type of gas?

Started by BigBadCharger, August 14, 2005, 04:43:51 PM

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BigBadCharger

Ive heard 87 octane is fine but I thought it was atleast 91 ocatne? What is best for the engine?  :icon_smile_question:
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Runner

depends on alot of factors,  the alititude, the type of pistons and heads, the compresion ratio.    my 452 runs on super unleaded (92 around here) it is a true 10-1 motor.  my 68 satellite has to have super or it pings link mad its 9.4-1 comresion.  my 460 ford is regular , the 69 coronet 318 is regular and our pt is regular.  the 8.9-1 383 that used to be in our roadrunner would run on water i think   lol. no compresion ratio and lots of cam overlap. infact when i tried a 50/50 mix with race gas it slowed down about .15.   

    so if you dont have any detination with regular then i feel your throwing your money away buying super.

71 roadrunner 452 e heads  11.35@119 mph owned sence 1984
72 panther pink satellite sebring plus 383 727
68 satellite 383 4 speed  13.80 @ 102 mph  my daily driver
69 superbee clone 440    daughters car
72 dodge dart swinger slant six

Chryco Psycho

basically use the cheapest fuel you can as long as the engine doesn`t ping

ChgrSteve67


Ghoste

What fuel are you using now and has it given you any grief?

694spdRT

I run 87 octane in my V10 without trouble...my old '98 360 Magnum would ping on anything less than 92.

I don't drive my older cars a whole lot so they get 93 octane.
1968 Charger 383 auto
1969 Charger R/T 440 4 speed
1970 Charger 500 440 auto
1972 Challenger 318
1976 W200 Club Cab 4x4 400 auto 
1978 Ramcharger 360 auto
2001 Durango SLT 4.7L (daily driver)
2005 Ram 2500 4x4 Big Horn Cummins Diesel 6 speed
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5.7 Hemi