Is it okay to run regular gas in a ss/sc
 

Is it?

If its not what would happen if I did run regular?

No Its Not

put premium.
if you cant afford it, you bought the wrong car.

Did you accidentally fill with 87? :lol:

always use the highest octane you can get

when i first bought my car i put in 87 and yea 16k miles later spun bearing and thrown rod so yea if u fill on accident is ok but dont put midgrade only prem due to them not telling me its prem only

1 - 3 tanks of gas will be ok IF you dont drive it hard.

You should always put in a min. of 91(93 in some locations).

Damn, I really want one but premium is so damn expensive.

Your fucking kidding, right?
It's maybe $5 more per fill to put premium in.

i know that people are gonna jump me for this but all that a higher octane does for you is burn slower and helps with predetination. if you are a stock ss/sc you'll be fine. just don't get on it. dirve like a grandma with a handycap plate. when i first got my car the dealership took me to the gas station and put a full tank in it for me. i didn't think about it until he was almost done he was putting in 87 octane. i asked him what the hell he was doing and he said that is what he always put in the ss/sc's. i told him he was a retard and took him back to the dealership and then talked to the service department and they said that i would be fine as long as i didn't drive it hard. long story short that was the only time my car has had less than 93 and it did fine.



but just to clearify things.... i wouldn't do it for an extended period of time. and i do agree with an0malous.

Expensive ya?

But you gotta figure, assuming your on empty...your only spending roughly $3.33 more per tank.

Figuring that our cars have an 11 gal. gas tank. and gas is 30¢ more...

$3.33 isnt shit.

i havent seen u post in a long time!!!!

its .20 more, when you fill up its ususally around 10-11 gallons if you wait for the fuel light, so that comes to a grand total of $2 maybe $2.25 per fill up...

just put in premium.. yea its an extra .20-.30.. but what can you do..it's retarded doesnt really make that much of a difference when regular is like a fucking avg of 3.60 ..

no even that. about 2.50. assuming that premium is 20 cents more everywhere else like here in Indy

True didn't think of it like that.

Its only like an extra regular gallon of gas and when i switch from my current truck to a ss/sc its like I'll be getting 2-3 extra gallons anyways.

So it'll still be cheaper cash to miles.

haha def dont put 87 in only premium if you run 87. your car will pull timing, spark knock like a mother******. trust me when i first got my car i ran 87 because the dealer didnt tell me to run premium.
and if you cant afford premium then you prolly cant afford 87 becasue premium is only another .30$ a gallon so with your 12 gallon tank itll be a whole 3.60$ more everytime you fill it.

SS/SC's do not have a 11 gal. tank.. im almost 100 percent sure its 13 gal. but if not its 12

11 gallon tank, with a 2 gallon reserve.

so ya..a 13 gallon tank...but if your on e(and havnt been there for awhile, its 11 gallons from E to F)

My dad swears up and down it doesn't matter.

I really don't mind paying the extra three bucks a tank now that you guys help me put it in perspective.

Keep in mind hes been a employed a mechanic since he was like 15 so I like to think he knows his stuff

tell your dad he is a jackass.:nono: j/p.;)
no but really it kinda does

I thought I read something on a Gm site, that it is highly recomended that you put premium in the stage 1 and 2.

have it tuned to run regular :)

it's perfectly fine to throw in a mix every now and then if you drive it slow, but on every scheduled fill up? no

I'll always run premium

Premium FTW...$3.96 right now in CT

hah wow i remmember when i first got the car for the few couple times i put gas i put 87 until i read some of the manual and read that it needs to be premium i changed gas in a heart beat lol. premium is 3.67 here in tx lol atleast my area