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Killa

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is 95 gt use regular 87 fuel ? or have to use 91 fuel ? , sorry im coming from camaro and it only running on 91 fuel. thanks

I fill she up with 93 first time i drove she home.
 

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87 octane should be fine.
 

Killa

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thanks
 

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I only ever ran premium in my '95. I thought the owners manual called for it?
 

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Here's the quote from page 273 in the owner's manual

"Your vehicle is designed to use regular unleaded fuel with an octane rating of 87".
 

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Well it appears I thought wrong LOL.
 

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When the timing is set at 10 degrees you can use any octane available. It's when people have cranked up the timing and it's detonating then putting 91+ octane is a must.

I also ran 93 in my cars. When I was using the 2006GT as a daily driver running 87 brought down the fuel mileage number.
 
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