Hey Scotty, I’m just watch your new video on gas station and what came to my mind is Sheetz 88 octane. Sheetz is the only gas station that has E85 and 88 octane. They said on google that 88 octane is use in vehicles after 2001 and my CivicR is a 2002. You think it’s ok I use it on my car and is it cheaper than regular?
They said on google that 88 octane is use in vehicles after 2001
They're lying. (Flex-Fuel vehicles excepted.)
You think it’s ok I use it on my car and is it cheaper than regular?
The money you save on fuel will be far outweighed by the money you'll spend on fixing your damaged fuel system and engine. Your choice.
You might want to try the site search function as this issue has already been discussed here.
https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/?wpfs=88+octane
Hey Scotty, I’m just watch your new video on gas station and what came to my mind is Sheetz 88 octane. Sheetz is the only gas station that has E85 and 88 octane. They said on google that 88 octane is use in vehicles after 2001 and my CivicR is a 2002. You think it’s ok I use it on my car and is it cheaper than regular?
If it's not specifically designed to accept E85, do not use it. Ethanol corrodes rubber parts that are not designed for high ethanol content (E85 means it's 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, regular gas is E10, which it was designed to use). You will corrode and embrittle any rubber parts. That will cost you a fortune.
My 1999 Ranger is a flex-fuel vehicle, it says ethanol or gasoline only, behind the fuel door, and the VIN comes up that it is indeed flex-fuel capable.
You use more ethanol than gasoline due to ethanol's considerably lower energy per gallon. It doesn't make any difference if it's designed for ethanol, the cheaper price doesn't equal gasoline's potency, so you will consume more ethanol than gasoline.
A side note, ethanol is partially oxidized already (CxHxOx is the general description of an alcohol, and there are tons of different kinds of alcohols, including DOT 3 brake fluid), thus it reduces ethanol's potency as opposed to straight hydrocarbon gasoline.
What do you mean by CivicR. Is it a Type R?
It’s a regular 4 door sedan Honda civic from 2002 that gonna be converted and heavily modified as a TypeR. I choose the name CivicR for copyright and it’s basically my creativity.
I'm pretty sure there's no reason to alter a name because it's copywritten. Modifications to a regular Civic if it has the credentials to qualify as a Type R , is a Type R.
It’s a regular 4 door sedan Honda civic from 2002 that gonna be converted and heavily modified as a TypeR. I choose the name CivicR for copyright and it’s basically my creativity.
OIC. The official Type R can use 87, but 91 is recommended. Double check the manuals, because maybe some models are different and require 91.
And if you want the best performances on your CivicR, 91 octane is the route to go.
Just make sure the 88 doesn’t use more than 10% alcohol, if you want to use 88. For most purposes 87 should be fine, unless you know you want performance than go to 91. (Assuming your knock sensors and all your tuning is done correctly for the CivicR to take advantage of the 91x otherwise it is just a waste of money).