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Okie6.1 CAMM All-Star

Location : San Antonio, TX Points : 5345 Posts : 1416 Reputation : 296
 | Subject: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 13th 2011, 4:37 pm | |
| While I was at the gas station by my house a sweet silver SRT8 Charger rolls up. Guy had just bought it by the tags on it. I was going to card him and then I notice he is pumping 87 octane in to his car. Now i know gas prices are crazy right now but 93 octane at this station is 3.71 a gallon. If you can't afford the gas for the charger why buy it right now. Is that snobbish of me? |
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jontoad Founding Member


Location : Naperville, IL Points : 10718 Posts : 4905 Reputation : 1220
 | Subject: Re: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 13th 2011, 4:55 pm | |
| he will learn sooner or later. when it gets warm out and he gets detonation. eventually he will put a nice hole in the top of a piston.
then he can use the 5 bux per fill up he saved to spend a shit ton on fixing the car. _________________  2015 Blue Streak Ram R/T w/rambox - Daily driver status 2006 Charger /SRT//8/ - Autocross spec SRT MAX Plus cam, Dominator stall torque converter, AMG blue top shift solenoids, Wavetrack LSD, richmond 3.55 gears, Tein Superstreet coilovers, stack 'chubby'' sway bars, ect... Autocross videos - (((((SRT8 Charger autocross lap.))))) - (((((Edited movie.))))) - (((((Helmet cam lap.))))) |
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Okie6.1 CAMM All-Star

Location : San Antonio, TX Points : 5345 Posts : 1416 Reputation : 296
 | Subject: Re: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 13th 2011, 5:04 pm | |
| I just wanted to walk over and say hey you know that its not good for your car. I think he would have taken it the wrong way. Looked like he just bought the car cause it was an SRT not cause he is a MOPAR enthusiast. |
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jontoad Founding Member


Location : Naperville, IL Points : 10718 Posts : 4905 Reputation : 1220
 | Subject: Re: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 13th 2011, 5:08 pm | |
| maybe he didn't know he was using the wrong octane...
also, superchips has a 87 octane tune for the SRT for people who want to run lower ocane. it's obviously lower on power with that tune. i doubt he was using that though. _________________  2015 Blue Streak Ram R/T w/rambox - Daily driver status 2006 Charger /SRT//8/ - Autocross spec SRT MAX Plus cam, Dominator stall torque converter, AMG blue top shift solenoids, Wavetrack LSD, richmond 3.55 gears, Tein Superstreet coilovers, stack 'chubby'' sway bars, ect... Autocross videos - (((((SRT8 Charger autocross lap.))))) - (((((Edited movie.))))) - (((((Helmet cam lap.))))) |
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Okie6.1 CAMM All-Star

Location : San Antonio, TX Points : 5345 Posts : 1416 Reputation : 296
 | Subject: Re: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 13th 2011, 5:12 pm | |
| Yeah he wasn't and from what I've rember on the SRT models doesn't it say to use only premium. |
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jontoad Founding Member


Location : Naperville, IL Points : 10718 Posts : 4905 Reputation : 1220
 | Subject: Re: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 13th 2011, 5:16 pm | |
| yes it does, because the factory tune has timing that is set up for premium. you can make a tune to run whatever you want though.
but if you use a lower octane with a tune made for higher octane the fuel ignites while the piston is on its upstroke. that is called detonation. it sounds like marbles shaking in a can. it causes high cylinder temps and it can blow headgaskets or burn up pistons.
our cars have knock sensors that detect that and cut timing. so in theory he should just feel loss of power when it pulls timing and not damage anything. but you never know. _________________  2015 Blue Streak Ram R/T w/rambox - Daily driver status 2006 Charger /SRT//8/ - Autocross spec SRT MAX Plus cam, Dominator stall torque converter, AMG blue top shift solenoids, Wavetrack LSD, richmond 3.55 gears, Tein Superstreet coilovers, stack 'chubby'' sway bars, ect... Autocross videos - (((((SRT8 Charger autocross lap.))))) - (((((Edited movie.))))) - (((((Helmet cam lap.)))))
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Okie6.1 CAMM All-Star

Location : San Antonio, TX Points : 5345 Posts : 1416 Reputation : 296
 | Subject: Re: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 13th 2011, 5:17 pm | |
| I think it was just a sort of fad buy or status symbol buy. |
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AlterEgo Founding Member


Location : Oak Lawn, IL Points : 19169 Posts : 4385 Reputation : 449
 | Subject: Re: Some people just shouldn't own nice cars March 15th 2011, 8:44 pm | |
| You are a snob. Geez  Just kidding. He just doesn't know what he's missing that's all. _________________ Girl 'Goin Bad' 2006 Charger Daytona R/T Go•Man•Go #3918/4000 2009 Challenger R/T  |
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