Wes

Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:13 pm

blah blah blah

Yes, your car performs differently with different octane.

Guess why?

OMG

Maybe it's because fuel injected with a knock sensor and can vary the ignition timing so that 87 doesn't kill it, but it runs better on the high-octane fuel it was designed for, especially considering it has a turbo?

Now, let's compare your car to the ninja 250

Fuel Injected? No
Knock Sensor? No
Variable Timing? No
Designed for 91 octane? No
Turbo Charger? No

Wow, your bike and your car are totally different!

I'll bet if you looked underneath they'd even have a different number of wheels.

Wes

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• The dealer told me to use premium. (n/t) — rudy, Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:37 pm

  • That's a half-informed opinion. — geekonabike, Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:46 am

  • look in your manual, it goes against what Kawasaki recommends — M, Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:45 pm

• Re: your mileage has nothing to do with the octane level — user3977, Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:25 pm

  • your thread was about your 250, not a twin-turbo car — M, Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:43 pm

    • Not to nit-pick, but I'm 99% sure you mean Ethanol (n/t) — emcviper, Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:01 am

      • you would be 100% correct (n/t) — M, Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:31 am

        • E85 standard good enough? (85% error, 15% correct) (n/t) — geekonabike, Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:42 am

          • I won't comment on the percentages! (n/t) — M, Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:01 pm

            • OK has M-85. Seriously. 85% methanol. — Wes, Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:27 pm

              • Lots of trucks out here have "FlexFuel" labels. — geekonabike, Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:41 pm

                • I have yet to see E85 or M85 in OKC or Tulsa area — M, Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:59 pm

                  • Shouldn't that be E10? — geekonabike, Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:18 pm

                    • yes, it is E10 that most stations have (my bad) — M, Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:28 pm

  • Your gas stations sell meth? (n/t) — emcviper, Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:26 pm

    • I'm sure that quite a few in East St. Louis have that drive-up service. (n/t) — M, Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:45 pm

  • blah blah blah — Wes, Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:13 pm

    • Re: blah blah blah — sdkid, Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:26 am

    • that was kind of uncalled for... — djrussell, Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:25 pm