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05-09-2019, 10:42 PM | #1 |
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Gas ethanol
Can a Subaru BRZ etc .. use 87 ethanol free gas . My state only carries that .
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Add octane booster, then sure.
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So.... your saying your too cheap to put 91 and want to save $2-3 for a tank full?
Yeah, you can but I'll drive like a grand ma so you won't get the engine knock.
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No, I think he's saying the only ethanol free version is 87 octane. Probably has higher octane out of the pump available but not ethanol free.
to answer your question the car is recommended to have 93 or higher. Adding octane booster you can bump up the 87 to at least 93. Here: https://tinyurl.com/yxkyzfqy |
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The car is recommended to have 93 or higher but is required to have a minimum of 91. The car is also designed to run on up to 10% ethanol so there is zero advantage in getting ethanol free. It is not a 1954 Buick.
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If anything get MORE ETHANOL!
Any modern car's fuel system can handle ethanol. Thousands of Subarus are running E85 without issues. |
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The only reason to use non-e is to quiet the crickets down. Run the regular 91 or 93 and don't worry about them, don't run 87 except in a pinch.
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I can only imagine how low the IAM would drop running 87 octane regularly.
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Zero reason to run 87. The crickets are not a problem if that is what you are trying to solve.
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