What Fuel To Use

[342Four]

seeing as ive had limited replies with a similar post - i thought i'd do a poll and see what ur opinions are

to my knowledge it would be a good idea to run premium or better the whole time

[Noxious]

Correct.

I try not to say this. but it is truly needed here. A quick search would have anaswered any questions you had.

[R33S2]

anything less than premium and its revvv ping ping and could go bang

[342Four]

hmmm yea woops

did it quickly last night

i should have searched first

sorry

[ferni]

You use the fuel your car is tuned to run. High performance cars are usually tuned to run hi octane fuel. Check the manual. In the case of a skyline - Use 98RON only, unless you've had it tuned on lower RON fuel.

[WazR32GTSt]

the answer to your question is:

use whatever fuel you can get to that is as close to the jap-spec 100RON as possible

after all, that's what the car tuned for. If you have had it re-tuned then that's a different question (as ferni said) as it may have been optimised for our 98RON

cheers,

Warren.

[342Four]

yea well thanks

its actually not for me personally...

my frendz sister just bought a 96 r33 gts25t (with no turbo suprise suprise) but she is running 91RON and one tank of 95RON a month

i just dont want to see a good skyline injured thats all

100RON fuel!!! far out - how much do these japs pay for their fuel per litre??

[Duncan]

It will die for sure on 91 octane. You have been warned.

You need the best 98 octane you can find unless you have retuned it.

[dezz]

It will die for sure on 91 octane.  You have been warned.

You need the best 98 octane you can find unless you have retuned it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thanks for this info...i thought a skyline would need premium...so i've accepted the fact that fuel is gonna cost me....lovely

[Driver]

Use whatever fuel your car was tuned on..

[Duncan]

Not just premium, 98 octane premium it is even more expensive

Or have it retuned to run on 91 octane, save a bit and have less power than a local v8 :shudders:

[dezz]

optimax is premium...isnt that 98RON?

regular unleaded = 95?

[blur]

you cant have a high performance car using low performance fuel!! 98 octane only or rebuild time for you! jap fuel is around 100 - 105 octane i believe.

[Duncan]

Yes Optimax is 98 Octane Premium, Shell also sell "Premium Unleaded" which is 95.

BP, Caltex and Mobil all sell 95 Octane as well as 98 octane (Ultimate, Vortex 98 and 9000 are the 98). Different locations might carry either or sometimes even both the good nad bad stuff

[WazR32GTSt]

you could run 91 octane if you are tight, but if it were me and its all i could afford i would turn the timing right back and the boost right down. Hell, i'd jam the wastegate open and run no boost - that might make it safe and fuel efficient

[dezz]

i'll use 98. thats cool, i can probably afford it, otherwise i shouldnt buy a car that needs it...but it'll be a big step up fuel wise to my 2.2l N/A tx5

[Mulkers]

I know its a bit O/T, but did you see on the news, fuel jumped 5c today! WTF? Why?

[dezz]

I know its a bit O/T, but did you see on the news, fuel jumped 5c today! WTF? Why?

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on sunday i was on my way home from work, got back into my suburb and drove past shell. pump price on Unleaded was 1.11c. on my way to work just 4 hours earlier, it was about 1.18c or something, so i went home, got a 4c off voucher and filled up for 1.07

it stayed at 1.11 for about 2 days, and then on the way home from work, i noticed the pump price at the same servo at 1.23! thats a 12cent jump!

[melbmaniac]

i heard the fuel companies took off the discount to kill off all the independant/local fuel companies??? (dont know if thats true)

So, you would damage an R33 GTS N/A if you ran it on regular unleaded??

If 98 RON Premium is a must, is there any fuel saver options for this car? I'm not fussed with performance loss.

[WazR32GTSt]

mate, as said before, any JDM car was made for japan. in japan they have 100RON fuel.

thus whether its got a turbo, supercharger, NA... whatever, they are all made for 100RON fuel.

so do the next owner of yor car a favour and use premium...