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Proper Fuel Octane - The Other Half of your Problem
One of the biggest and most overlooked issues I see with our cars' owners is that they are simply using the wrong fuel type in their car.
The FA20 engine is tuned and optimized for our North American cars to run on 93 OCTANE fuel. If your car is suffering from a bad idle, pinging, buzziness, chirping, and seems sluggish, apart from your oil/filter type, and making sure any recalls are performed, make sure you are running the correct fuel type in this performance engine. It will run on regular low octane fuel, but it will perform sh**ty, and you are actually doing minor longterm damage to the engine by doing so. The proper fuel costs more, yes, but your fuel economy will improve, as will your performance, plus you'll increase the life and reliability of your engine , thus saving yourself money overall. And most importantly, most of the little annoyances and gremlins our owners complain of, will disappear almost immediately. Try it.
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Wish we had the option in southern California
. Best fuel I can get is 91..
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It'll run ok on 91 as a minimum, but 93 makes a real noticeable difference to all issues mentioned above.
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