Just doing a presale research here. I'm considering about buying a 2001 prelude.

does it really need 91 octane? can i put anything below?

i'm sure its a stupid question to some of you but im not as educated so please inform.

thanks

 

yes, you need premium fuel, welcome to high compression ratio engines. Anything below will cause the ECU to retard timing and cause power loss, and possible detonation

 

whoa that sucks man.

anyway i can get shittier compression haha. maybe i should start looking into the f22 engine

 

the difference in cost per fill up is less than 5 dollars, so the added cost is not all that great. And you will be much happier with an H22 that an F22 (I just swapped from one). If you can keep your foot out of it, the mileage should be similar too.

 

the 2001 does not come with an f22 in the US...

 

None of the usdm 5th gen prelude's came with anything other than a H22.

 

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thats gonna be tough, i just switched over to the prelude from a 97 CL (f22b), the extra power is amazing.
in short, you gotta pay to play.

 

premium. Nuff said.

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