Put 87 octane in my Nismo :(

GSXR1K

First off has anyone ever done this before? Secondly I know I'm retarded for doing this. Most importantly what should I do? Put octane booster in the tank? No pinging sounds as of yet. Is it really necessary to try and drain the $70. Of gas I just filled up with?

Flushnismo

Why'd you do that?..

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BigT

Just drive completely normal for this tank and you'll be fine. That means no pedal to the metal.

GSXR1K

I drove to Vegas this weekend and put two tanks worth of 87-octane into my girlfriends Scion. Today I go to fill up my Z and some sexy chick walks right by me (sexy as in the Carl's jr. Commercials kind of sexy) and distracted me. Didn't even think twice about pushing the 87-octane button

PapoZalsa

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Magic Bus

Understandable. Was a passenger in a friends gorgeous 72 Vette once when a nice looking woman in short shorts and a tank top was walking on the side of the street (gotta admit, I was looking too). He ended up rear ending a US mail truck for rubber necking. Truck was fine, Vette's front end was no longer gorgeous

At least we laugh about it today, just not in front of our wives

Jasonle

That sucks man

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Flushnismo

Well at least you have a good excuse.. Lol you should be fine though

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GSXR1K

That's gonna be tough but I'll try. I had an orange Z car just try and race me on the freeway and my lead foot was itching to hit the pedals!

GSXR1K

Is octane booster worth trying?

Flushnismo

Definitely not worth it. Wouldn't hardly change the octane at all. Don't waste more money.

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bvl

Nope. A gallon of toluene is however. Its in the paint section at Lowes.

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dmhenderson

If it were me, I'd syphon but yeah a tank probably won't kill you

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w0rM

One tank is not going to make a difference. I certainly wouldn't make it a habit but you've got nothing to worry about. Just take it easy on the pedal and try to empty the tank as much as you reasonably can before you fill up again.

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370Z Purist

Do what everyone says.

I'd siphon out the tank though. But yeah, no pedal to the metal, or you risk detonation in these extremely low tolerance motors.

There are also REAL octane boosters, which might be worth getting if you're paranoid.

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