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Supa Ninja · 10-10-2008, 04:04 PM

I'm in NC as well, I ran a tank of 87......won't ever do that again.

We, Si owners, have to run the good **** because our engines have 11:1 compression. When we run lower octane our engines will knock and ping. Thankfully we have very sensitive knock sensors. When they sense a knock they retard the timing, hence running like ****. If your boosted its even worst, WOT feels like your on a bucking bronco.

Its a serious PITA to find a gas station here thats carring 93 octane. My solution has been to ride my sport bike more (its older, carburated, and Kawi recommends the cheap **** in it)

If you can't afford the good stuff then you got the wrong car, if you can't find the good stuff then that just sucks. Oh ya I put some octane booster in mine and it helped a little.

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Supa Ninja Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Log Squad #2 Age: 36 Posts: 8,660 Nick	I'm in NC as well, I ran a tank of 87......won't ever do that again. We, Si owners, have to run the good ** because our engines have 11:1 compression. When we run lower octane our engines will knock and ping. Thankfully we have very sensitive knock sensors. When they sense a knock they retard the timing, hence running like . If your boosted its even worst, WOT feels like your on a bucking bronco. Its a serious PITA to find a gas station here thats carring 93 octane. My solution has been to ride my sport bike more (its older, carburated, and Kawi recommends the cheap ** in it) If you can't afford the good stuff then you got the wrong car, if you can't find the good stuff then that just sucks. Oh ya I put some octane booster in mine and it helped a little.