Wow, you are still here??? For all that whining you used to do, Im surprised you didnt sell your Accord a long time ago. https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...ghlight=Scotty

 

Modern gasoline has so many additives and detergents in it to do that that it's really pointless. A can of Seafoam used in the intake and the crankcase would do wonders more for your engine.

 

A quick answer with no speculation.

For 6G V6 and I4 87 is what it's tuned for. Putting a higher octane in can actually hinder performance. Octane is in essence a chemical retard, since te accord has no knock sensor it doesn't try to advance it's timing to take advantage of the higher octane thus actuall hurting your performance since the fuel can't completely burn. I'll see if I can fnd the artical R&T did running 20 cars on 87 and 91 and posting the dyno results. The 6G AV6 lost about 6whp by going from 87 to 91. That difference could be condition related(different temp, humidity, phase of the moon), but it most certainly doesn't benefit you from running higher octane. For a 7G V6 there is now a knock sensor and has shown to take advantage of up to 93 octane, almost a 12whp increase.

No matter how crappy the gas was I never once had the accord knock and that was with almost every bolt on I could get my hands on. I miss the HELL out of 87 octane. Before I got a custom ECU tune I had no choice what so ever in the rex, it's 91 or she got VERY angry. Even a marginal tank of 91 would make her angry, the only way to make her completely happy was to add some torco accelerator with every single fillup(I use 1/4 bottle every fillup at $20 a bottle), with the price of gas and the torco, fillups SUCKED. If I didn't put the torco in I'd have to baby it to make sure it was decent gas, otherwise I'd the magic bb sound and pray I don't blow it to hell. Thankfully my tuner knew what he was doing and I have a rock solid 91 octane map, and a 100 octane map too(some day I might do a C16 map, but she's plenty quick for now)

 

You are 1,000 PERCENT WRONG, I am NOT looking to find an excuse to use premium-----far from it.....I am TRYING, if you would read carefully, to get an answer from another sixth gen owner (because I misplaced my manual during relocating from New York to Las Vegas) on EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF FUEL WE SHOULD BE PUTTING IN THESE CARS.....all I mentioned is that I have heard RUMORS that PREMIUM will somehow bump horsepower up; I TOLD YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE IN HERE IN MY VERY VERY FIRST POST THAT MY SALESMAN TOLD ME IF I USE PREMIUM, HORSEPOWER WILL JUMP FROM 200 TO 205.....THATS WHERE I GOT THAT INFORMATION FROM.....your assesment of my take on this is completely wrong, sir, please respectufully take this as a fact. I am NOT an advocate for premium, only trying to find out WHAT KIND OF GAS THE SIXTH GENERATION V-6 MODELS ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN ON.

I dont know why people find a need to do this, and I mean the human race in general.....why do we keep on needing to beat around the bush and pointing fingers and telling people "seems like you need an excuse....." instead of just ANSWERING a question and ending a post; if there is anyone ELSE who owns a sixth generation V-6 Accord and KNOWS what kind of gas SHOULD be used, please share your information and insight. Thank you, very respectfully.

 

I AM STRANGE? Now that is funny.....I was thinking the same exact thing about you based on the sarcastic, ridiculous and sometimes downright off the wall answers you give to people on this forum; you seem to be one bad ass mother fucker or so it seems, but again, you misunderstood what I was asking for.....I didnt ASK YOU to re-type any INFORMATION or analysis about this topic; I didnt ASK YOU to re-research any shit for me about this fuel issue.....ALL IS WAS ASKING (and I made it perfectly clear that YOU did not have to reply anymore if this was bothering you, that another sixth gen owner could happily do it for you) was that the question be answered with either a "USE 87 OCTANE BECAUSE NO PERFORMANCE WILL BE GAINED" or "PREMIUM WILL BELIEVE IT OR NOT CAUSE A PERFORMANCE INCREASE" response; so far, there were a couple of people who actually said something along the lines of VTEC V-6s NEEDING better fuel for performance while most are saying save my money for regular fuel.

Dont flatter yourself so much dude....and take it easy.....

 

Yeah, Hyde, thanks to all the great, insightful, disrespectful assistance I received from wonderful, love-filled members such as you I decided to relocate from Long Island to Sin City to join my family and for employment reasons, and decided to bring the trusy Accord with me.....you believe that? All your sentiments regarding why I complained so much about the Accord and its underbody setup being so expensive for what we get, yada yada yada, have all been considered and have persuaded me to keep the Accord as I rack on mileage here in Sin City.....can you BELIEVE how persuasive you wonderful, thoughtful Long Islanders can be for someone?

By the way, old friend I will be selling the vehicle within a few months (hopefully) for an '05 EX V6 sedan OR a Mazda 6 with sport package.

Love Ya, Hyde!

 

[QUOTE=illusion]A quick answer with no speculation.

For 6G V6 and I4 87 is what it's tuned for. Putting a higher octane in can actually hinder performance.



THANK YOU ILLUSION.......THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR FROM EVERYONE IN HERE, and it seemed a bit too incomprehensible for them; I will consider your insight and suggestion......thank you so much again for getting to the point.

Peace Playa.

 

THANK YOU, also, Jo, for this RIGHT TO THE POINT answer.....I appreciate it, playa....

Thank you.

 

Wow, or you could have used the search function and found out the answer last week. But then again you wouldn't have gotten the extra 50 posts from answering everybody's question individually.

I've never seen anyone type so much and say so little...I think you'd like it over at superhonda.com.

 

Or YOU could have ceased reading all my posts, just for the sake of fucking with someone (because thats all you seem to do with people on this board you feel are beneath you technically as I follow your replies to innocent people asking innocent questions) and at that point ceased being involved in the situation, but as I have typed so much and said so little, I can say the exact same thing about you-----and thats exactly what I will do and how I feel. You type for the sake of TYPING, not for actually HELPING, and to stir up more shitstorms for absolutely no reason when someone is just trying to get a straight answer on something.

But, as I replied to the folks behind your post here, I thanked THEM for their right-to-the-point answers regarding the fuel.....YOU did not have the ability to do that, you NEEDED to point out to me the deficiencies of "making you" retype information all over again, which I NEVER asked you to do.....I asked what the best fuel to use in these cars was.

Bottom line, it doesnt matter what you think I was asking of you .....other members got right to the point and recommended 87 unless it called for 93 or so.

"Let's not get our pantyhose in a bind......."
-John Crasus, "Falling Down"