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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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Any problems running regular?

Okay, when i bought my car they told me to run nothing but premium, does rotaries need supreme? It costs 20$ just for a half tank of gas with supreme.....that's ridiculous! Is there any problems with regular or no???
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 11:46 PM
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NA's run best on 87 octane.
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 11:49 PM
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yea low octane is the best for n/as

if you can find 85 it'll save you even more and its better for it to

dont forget your premix eather if your new to the rotary world
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 07:39 AM
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87 is best for the rotary N/A, but I would recommend a decent quality fuel. Shell or Chevron.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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Yeah regular is fine. $20 for a half tank is normal though, a little more than $40 fills me up.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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87 is reccomended for N/A, absolutely no reason to run any higher. Do a search and you can read several discussions about it.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 12:55 PM
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is it different for pfcmooney if his car ran premium its whole entire life??? i hope not though

i no its bad to run premium in a piston engine its whole life and then switch to **** regular gas

but ya....lower the octane the better for N/A
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 05:16 PM
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Okay, that's good to know.....Thanks alot guys!
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