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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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A gas station near my house offers 100 octane pump gas. Will anything bad happen to my car if I put some of thatinto my stock 1998 v6 mustang (besides my wallet going dry because of $7.00 per gallon)?
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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that is completely and utterly pointless unless your running outragous amounts of boost
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 05:07 PM
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Yes it will hurt your engine. You can't run it straight
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 05:30 PM
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would mixing it with 93 do anything? clean motor orpower increase? i know it would smell good
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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unless you have a tune 89 91 93 even 100 wont do anything


Old Oct 15, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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ummm fouled plugs any1 [&:]
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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ummm fouled plugs any1 [&:]
How? The car won't run any richer with higher octane fuel. All octane is is a gasoline's resistence to spark knock. Fouled plugs are from running the car rich, and the a/f ratio won't chage with high octane fuel.
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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you could advance the timing, but really, 93 is the most I'd use on a stock car, unless I was just dripping with cash, in which case, my car would be modded to the point where 100octane was necessary.
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 09:09 PM
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simple answer, no dont dont do it.
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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Yes it will hurt your engine. You can't run it straight
sure you can. it's no different than any other gas except it has a higher amount of Heptane in it to increase the combustion temp.

if the car knocks at 87 octane rating then 100 would gain a couple of ponies. not likely that a stock singleport will knoch with 87 though. it would be a waste of money to put it in a stock singleport.


100 shot of nitrous or 11 psi procharger kit running the stock injectors with stock MAF and FMU then it will help



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