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I put super in my car and it's pinging at WOT. bad gas? this does not happen all the time...
 

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Mine also pings like a mofo at WOT and I use chevron 92 octane.

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could be bad gas. during the winter, some states see oxygenated fuel. i believe that drops the octane of the fuel.
you could also have an artificially high compression ratio from carbon build up in the chambers, or a piece of crud in the chamber preigniting the mixture.
if this just happened and all else has been the same. run through the fuel and try again. you may want to check your fuel pressure at WOT (where you hear detonation/preignition). make sure you are not losing pressure/ leaning out.

good luck.
 
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