yesterday i drove my ss/sc for the first time since i got it from an auction and repaired the front mild collision. i must say i was not impressed at all with the cars pull. i thought 2nd gear was supposed to pull hard the car trully just lags beyond believe. is this cus its not stage 2 and stock the car is just slow or is there maybe somewhere that im losing lots of power...any ideas...i was getting about 12lbs of boost at full throttle but maybe im losing boost after the guage...my dad put 87 octane in the car could that be the reason..i have no idea guys ..maybe i should dyno it to make sure its were its supposed to be...any pointers on what to look for would be great..just not sure where major loss in power can occur...thanks

 

87 is the reason

slap your dad for doin that!

91 or better and it will run like it should.

 

yeah you gotta be running at least 91

 

87 octane is no good, especially for the SS/SC

 

arnt u supposed to only use 91 on supercharged and turbo cars?

 

what they said ^

 

^^^ what everyone else said

 

im putting 90 is that good? I can't get anything better than that in my town.

 

what they said X12737647638643002.8723
or maybe you came from driveing a 500whp camaro or somthing in that case any stock car will feel slow

 

if 90 is the best you can do then do it and see the difference. i use 93 i believe.

 

I use 90 I havent used anyhting less. Would octane booster help or do those things not work?

 

just use whatever you can get.

Ill give you this as food for thought. Stage 2 knocks with 91 octane.

Good quality octane boosters do work.
NOS racing formula
Lucas
torco...


avoid the cheaper walmart kinda stuff.....like bardahl, penzoil, wynns etc.

 

thanks...i hope i didnt do any damage because i opend the car up numerouse times trying to feel it..then realised it had 87 and was like S^*#.

 

Yes I will agree with that, and the highest I can get out here is 91 octane. It really sucks, but I just go and put in a few gallons of the 100 octane with the 91 octane and I figure I should be a little over 93 octane. At least I do not get any more knock when I do that. Now I just need to get some cooling mods for this stupid desert heat out here. Hey anomalous, are you going to do that how too on that fan relay stuff still. If so shoot me a PM when you do it please, I want to do it to mine. I dont care about CEL's eather, I have a interceptor and can clear them.

 

remember because you started eith 87 you need one or 2 tankfuls to get the power you are looking for because the computer needs do its thing. THen if the car still feels slow a couple of mods will do the trick lol.

 

Where you live is probaly pretty hot to like it is here in Vegas. That makes a huge differance, once you IAT's get over 160 your car pulls timing and you can feel a little bit a power loss. I can beat on my car for a little while before I have to back of and let her cool down. And then the IAT's just go right back up again. Invest in some cooling mods, that is what I am doing next, after my new paint job anyway.

 

my parents dont understand why i have to put 93 in my SS/SC... lol

 

Do you have 91 octane fuel where you live?

SS/SC requires 91 octane.

Stage 3 requires 93 octane (unless you've enabled the 100 octane mode).

 

Instead of making negative comments, maybe read the owners manual... j/k

 

My wife gives me **** about using premium every time I fill up.

 

i used 87 for like 11 months i never knew that i had to use higher when i got mine from the dealership they said you can use regular, i wish i would known it's not like i was born with the knowldege to use higher octane, i got s2 now and all i use is 93

 

It's the NOS racing formula from NAPA. I haven't used it It's just been sitting in my room.

 

Guess that's why I never remarried.

At 47, I can no longer deal with that kind of crap.

 

91 does not knock. Thats all I can get in Phoenix (other than race gas) and my car has never knocked. I have 2.8" pulley too. So maybe in some cars that are not tuned right or something.

 

Stage 2 is actually tuned for 93 octane. Just so you know.