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Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by bizzle2: 1:54pm On Jan 05, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang:Gas mileage is horrible, I once got a reading of 11mpg after an intensive drive. Throttle response is still great. Its still a new car though, and I remember I did use an injector cleaner on the third gas purchase at an NNPC station ( the attendant kept marketing the thing, finally bought it) 3 Likes |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 3:19pm On Jan 05, 2019 |
bizzle2: Ah, that's truly horrible mileage. Thanks for your input! |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by 9icetoo(m): 1:53am On Jan 06, 2019 |
kingreign:Ah, finally. I was beginning to think I was the only one suffering from these pings. Octane boosters will harm the cats faster than it will clog the injectors from what I read. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 6:31am On Jan 06, 2019 |
9icetoo: Just take off the cats, then. Doesn't help with anything anyway. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by GAZZUZZ(m): 8:48am On Jan 06, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang: 1 Like |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 9:03am On Jan 06, 2019 |
GAZZUZZ: Correct me if I'm wrong. You get a slightly better exhaust note and more low-end power with a cat delete. What are the perks of keeping your cat, emissions aside? 1 Like |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by thebigkendo(m): 10:15am On Jan 06, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang: Depend on manufacturer, CAT delete can affect(positively or negatively) fuel economy on some cars I drove my 06 Accord for over a year without CAT, later installed an O2 sensor Spacer which got rid of the P0420, No difference in fuel economy. 2 Likes |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by weyreypey: 10:24am On Jan 06, 2019 |
thebigkendo:You stylishly skipped the increased displacement abi |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 10:41am On Jan 06, 2019 |
thebigkendo: AFAIK, cat deletes improve fuel economy, not the other way around. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by 9icetoo(m): 12:30pm On Jan 06, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang:On my previous Camry (big for nothing), fuel economy was marginally worse until I installed spacers. But car was very noisy. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by thebigkendo(m): 12:37pm On Jan 06, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang: AFAYK= Theory Does in the field(practical) will tell you otherwise |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 12:52pm On Jan 06, 2019 |
thebigkendo: No, because I literally took off my cats about three months ago, and saw a verrrrry slight increase in mpg. Like, 0.5, lol. Or maybe my driving habits changed, who knows? 9icetoo:Noisy? That's not how you say awesome. When I took off my cats, my exhaust note had a deeper growl to it. 1 Like |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by thebigkendo(m): 2:32pm On Jan 06, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang: Funny you.. My point still stands.. Depends on car/manufacturer. So many factors could have caused your 0.5 increase in mpg.. If you had said 2 or 3mpg gain after CAT delete..eehen!!! 3 Likes |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 2:38pm On Jan 06, 2019 |
thebigkendo: True, haha. 1 Like |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by banky3w(m): 10:09am On Jan 07, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang: My Honda growls with its cats deleted and I absolutely love the note. It gives me so much joy that I forget all my worries whenever I'm driving 3 Likes |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 10:38am On Jan 07, 2019 |
banky3w: Mehn, nothing beats a great exhaust note. I'm definitely doing a muffler delete on my next car. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by Nobody: 10:39am On Jan 07, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang: Exactly. The reduced performance is not felt by 90% of users. Most of these cars with higher compression and horsepower don't use more than half of their hp most of the times anyway. When I'm not using my car for racing. When I need that hp for quick acceleration it delivers (05 acura TL), but most of the times I just cruise unless when traveling. I did a round trip from Lagos to ekiti state ivee the festive period and performance was WOW (yes I know it could be better if it had premium fuel on it), fuel economy was superb, round trip of about 800km on full tank and when coming back I added just 5k of fuel. (Again I know it could be better if it was on premium but not by very much). I think the whole performance issue is felt when on higher RPM and let's be honest, how many times do we drive our cars at higher RPM when we are not racing. With regular fuel (once in a while I add octane booster), this TL will still dust any 07 Camry v6 or Lexus ES of same generation in a drag race. 6 Likes |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 10:50am On Jan 07, 2019 |
greenhulk: All correct, sir. I don't think most of us ever go past 4000 rpm even on spirited drives, which is just slightly above midway through the power band. As long as gas mileage is fine, there's nothing wrong with using normal naija fuel. 1 Like |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by Nobody: 10:50am On Jan 07, 2019 |
9icetoo: Wow. What acura is that? I got 20mpg on 05 TL (AC on all the time) traveling from Lagos to ekiti to and fro without any octane booster. I know it could be better but still ok because I use to get around 22mpg when I was using 05 Accord 4 cylinder. Where it suffers is city driving with AC on. Car doesn't ping, I can easily rev to 5,000 RPM when taking off |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by 9icetoo(m): 2:13pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
greenhulk:08 MDX. With octane booster added, I easily rev up to 5500 rpm. Mpg also bumped up to 18.9 mpg. Acceleration is superb. But without the octane booster, I can't even get up to 3k rpm and mpg heads south. 1 Like |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by timbros(m): 4:28pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
Is there an Acura thread somewhere here that I haven't seen? Why not one of you guys open an Acura thread? Expecting my 05 MDX any moment and I want to get as much info from our Naija users as possible. Especially this timing belt thing. I have read so much about it online. How do you guys manage? I read its the 1st Gen that have this timing belt issue the most. Cc greenhulk 9icetoo HeavenlyBang |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 4:55pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
timbros: If timing belt cut/gets worn, you replace am. It's a bit tedious, though. Imo, enjoy your car and don't bother about stuff like that. MDX's are really luxurious and great, comfortable places to be in. Be prepared for horrible fuel economy, though. I'm talking 10-14 mpg. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by timbros(m): 5:01pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang: I read scary stuffs about timing belt online (American forums) that once timing belt cut, engine is as good as gone, especially if on speed when it cuts. Yea, bad fuel economy too... I'm prepared for that. Lol. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by Nobody: 5:41pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
greenhulk: Even that isn't so bad, I get around 14mpg within the city with AC on and without octane boosters. And youre right, the highway is where the fun is I remember travelling to Onitsha (my destination) from PHC, immediately I linked the Onitsha-Awka expressway leading to my place, I felt like travelling to Enugu and maybe Abakaliki before returning to Onitsha Will be travelling to Lagos by March and I'm really looking forward to the journey. 1 Like |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 5:59pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
rationalmind: I enjoy that stretch of highway every day. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by Nobody: 6:19pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang:You should get a Tl |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 6:38pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
rationalmind: Too slow. |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by radautoworks: 9:51pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
RDX for life |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by bizzle2: 10:25pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang:To be honest though, I did some really harsh driving that night. I woke up the next morning and the front passenger side tire pressure was 24 psi 2 Likes |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by HeavenlyBang(m): 10:29pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
bizzle2:Lucky not to have gotten a flat at a bad spot. Happened to me once. Did 160km/hr, and I soon as I got off the highway, my rear left tire went flat. Unluckily for me, my spare was flat too (went flat Saturday night, this happened Sunday night). Had to drive home about 2 miles with a flat tire by midnight. Tire was in shambles by the time I got home, wheel was bent. Never again. 2 Likes |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by bizzle2: 10:39pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
9icetoo:What brand of octane booster do you use? Ever experiment with Toluene? (paint thinner) |
Re: Premium Fuel Required Cars. by bizzle2: 10:41pm On Jan 07, 2019 |
HeavenlyBang:Very lucky, this was at almost 1 am 1 Like |
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