Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 11:49:00 -0800 From: "Bogdan Macri" <bmacrinopsamnet> Subject: Re: 900 Turbo..regular or premium??
Most average modern cars use 87 octane fuel with no problems... higher performance cars use premium fuels of 91 octane or higher... Bogdan USA Kari Sillanpää wrote in message <34B3B2CA.3FA5nopsamut.fi>... >Tomas Rapp wrote: > >> You can use gas as low as 87. But as with almost everything else: The more >> the better. I have an old 1983 T16 APC. It can use gas as low as 87, but I >> usually spoils it with 96 or 98. It sure makes a difference in performance. >> >> The APC system was originally developed for the car to be able to use the >> poor gas that was used in many countries, for example the countries in >> former Warsaw-pact. > >...And especially in the USA, which was (and still is) a far more >important market area than Eastern Europe. What kind of modern cars >accept 87 octane anyway? Besides an APC Saab I mean? > > Kari, Finland