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js1 · 07-03-2008, 04:56 PM

I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and the Shell (and every other station) carries a max of 91 octane. I found a place in Sac that has 94 but I've never tried it...Anyways, I "vtec" at least once every time I drive her but only after letting the engine get up to the normal operating temp for a few minutes/miles. I make sure to do one extended vtec drive at least once a week where I go down HWY 35 or Crytals Springs Road and stay at the top of 2nd or 3rd as much as I can. I know my gas mileage suffers but it's so much fun and the engine just begs for it. The one thing I have never done is dump the clutch on a launch. I am tempted but I respect Stewie too much to hurt, or potentially hurt the rear end.

07-03-2008, 04:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
js1 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Burlingame, CA Posts: 88	I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and the Shell (and every other station) carries a max of 91 octane. I found a place in Sac that has 94 but I've never tried it...Anyways, I "vtec" at least once every time I drive her but only after letting the engine get up to the normal operating temp for a few minutes/miles. I make sure to do one extended vtec drive at least once a week where I go down HWY 35 or Crytals Springs Road and stay at the top of 2nd or 3rd as much as I can. I know my gas mileage suffers but it's so much fun and the engine just begs for it. The one thing I have never done is dump the clutch on a launch. I am tempted but I respect Stewie too much to hurt, or potentially hurt the rear end. __________________ Cars: 2007 S2000 2009 Acura TSX 2005 MB E55 AMG 1969 Chevelle SS 1965 Porsche 356c Last edited by js1; 07-09-2008 at 11:52 AM. Reason: ommision