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Originally Posted by STuRTzz
sorry for being a noob. Why would someone need to pull their fuse out? I like 76 gas.
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The SS requires 93 octane fuel for maximum performance. The computer has two different fuel tables so the car will run, albeit at reduced performance, when it detects lower octane fuel. The fuel table is supposed to reset itself once the computer detects the higher octane fuel, but it doesn't. Necessitating the fuse pull.
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Originally Posted by Coyotekiller
Not sure 93 has ethanol in it...
But anyway, 93 is all over the place out here. First time I ever saw 91 octane was at a station in south Carolina a few months ago. They sell our 93 octane fuel as just that, 93 octane. Hell, if you look hard enough near some of the local dragstrips you can find 110 race gas in the pump.
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I found a Chevron station in my county that sells 'Ethanol-free Recreational Fuel.'
90 octane was $4.39/gallon, 110 octane was $9.99/gallon (probably higher, since the readout went no higher)
while 93 octane was $3.89/gallon that day. This station is about 10 miles from the local drag strip.
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