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Re: Minimum Octane Requirement? 850 1993

posted by  someone claiming to be Vladimir on  Fri Nov 2 08:01 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Ben, I love my S70 with a 5-speed. If I had an auto N/A S70, I would probably be frustrated. With manual gearbox I can keep the engine in the 4K-5K rpm sweetspot and it really shines there. Requires a little more skill than a turbo and even then it is much less powerful, but it holds its own and I surprise many sports car owners with it. All that on 87 octane gas. Never had a problem with it, never noticed a difference worth $0.20/gallon with premium. I do use the fuel system cleaner regularly and have started using DurAlt recently. No noticeable performance improvements, but is supposed to keep the engine internals clean.

Good luck with your prospect.

P.S. My car is a base model and I often find myself skipping huge chunks of this forum because it doesn't apply to me. No sunroof, no headlight wipers, no power seats, no turbo, no auto tranny, no AWD. I just summarized 80% of the AWD/FWD traffic.





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