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Highest compression on pump gas

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WrongWay

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I want to know what is the highest compression I can run on pump gas, that would be 91 octane 93 is not available.
 

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I am not sure, other factors also come into play. I would guess about 10.5 or lower.
 

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I've got 10.5:1 pistons and I wont run on anything lower than 93. But im sure if you had the timing backed down enough (shouldnt take much) that you could run a 10.5 on 91 with no problems.
 
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so I guess 11:1 is out the question then??
 

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u dont have 93 gas? u shouldnt be running anything lower then 93 imo
 
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93 gas isnt always better, theres a long thread on this where in some cases 87 is better then 93
 

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i dont know, ive heard that its not good to put lower octane in these motors because the motor cant burn it and stuff, why would 93 not be better?? just wondering i dont know why
 
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ill find the thead for you,

93 octane isnt bad at all, hell if i had the money id use it

but for some engines u can run lower and get same performance

like for instance if ur bumping up the timing u want 93 octane

takes longer for detonation = no pinging

its funny when these ricers run 93 octane with like 2 bottles of octane boosters for majority of them, assuming stock motor and stock internals it doesnt do much but burn up there cats and make them think there faster, its alot mental
 

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If you have a stock 5.0 with stock timing and you arent racing it, or driving it hard run 87. Its what ford recomends actually. but once you bump the timing up a few degrees you need to run higher octane to stop detonation from occuring. My dad accidently put 87 in my car one day, KNOCKED like crazy. as soon as I could I filled the tank up with 93 and it all stopped, but while the tank was full with 87 I had to foot around and didnt get to go full throttle for a while.
 

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o ok i get it now, my mom uses 93 octane on her stock(not like u would want to fix one up anyways) mitsubisti oulander 4banger i keep telling her use 87 ur wasting money but she dosent understand
 
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