Do you have to use premium gas in a prelude...more specifically a 98 lude with sports shift, or can you use regular?

 

premium

 

you can use regular but the engine will reduce timing and performance to compensate. It's right in your OWNER'S MANUAL.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by satan_srv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can use regular but the engine will reduce timing and performance to compensate. It's right in your OWNER'S MANUAL.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I doubt it works the other way around huh?

Put in 95+ Octane, and it'll advance timing and performance.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cpforyou &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I doubt it works the other way around huh?

Put in 95+ Octane, and it'll advance timing and performance.</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope. it's based on knock sensor input so it can't sense higher octane's ability to not knock

 

you can use regular if you feel like having a car that hesistates and accelerates slower than normal.

 

just use premim... dont be cheap

 

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x2

 

if you can't afford the correct gas, get a civic.

 

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I have a civic and use 91 so i resent that, and for the other guy common sense should tell you 91.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GroovyNeilNeil &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you have to use premium gas in a prelude...more specifically a 98 lude with sports shift, or can you use regular?</TD></TR></TABLE>

you should use premium

dont buy a nice car like a prelude then cheap out on gas to save 5-7$ a tank. it's disrespect to the engineering that goes into it.

 

hehe sorry, I was referring to an economy model ie, low compression motor. thought it was obvious

 

apology accepted

 

Yea its weird, the H23 is 9.8:1 compression, and it asks for premium.. kinda weird..

obviously compression isnt the ONLY factor in determining required octane, but its one of the major ones..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GaRn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yea its weird, the H23 is 9.8:1 compression, and it asks for premium.. kinda weird..

obviously compression isnt the ONLY factor in determining required octane, but its one of the major ones..</TD></TR></TABLE>

it's because it's a DOHC high output motor

 

there has been a huge thread about this before, use search :tu ....but yea dont go cheap on your nice h22a

 

John 5:34

"If you love your ringlands, feed them premium" - Jesus

People who think that economy gas is okay for the Prelude are the reason we have the stupid/ineffective knock sensor. To steal from PGMFI Dave, "No matter how many "92 Octane only" stickers you put on the gas tank, someone is going to try to put in 87."

 

I have a 2001 Honda Prelude:
owners manual page 128:
Your HOnda is designed to operate on premium unleaded gasoline with a pump octane number of 91 or higher.

If you are unable to find premium gasonine, yuou may substitute an unleaded regular gasoline. The engine will compensate for the lower octane, but you may notice a SLIGHT DECREASE IN POWER AS A RESULT."

ETC... ETC....

so its ur choice dude ... but read the owners manual.... it was created for a reason.

 

You MUST use premium or you'll be known as a "douche-bag" el-cheapo who buys a nice car then doesn't want to pay for the basic necessities.

the car can run on regular, but a human can live off gruel...think about it

 

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you should use premium

dont buy a nice car like a prelude then cheap out on gas to save 5-7$ a tank. it's disrespect to the engineering that goes into it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

$5-7?? If premium(93) is .20/gallon more than regular(89), its only like 2 bucks/tank and totally not worth messing the engine up.

 

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nope. it's based on knock sensor input so it can't sense higher octane's ability to not knock</TD></TR></TABLE>

wouldnt it be badass if it did though?

 

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$5-7?? If premium(93) is .20/gallon more than regular(89), its only like 2 bucks/tank and totally not worth messing the engine up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i'm in canada, premium is 10 cents/L more, 60L tank means roughly 6$ more per tank

didnt bother translating into US funds, either way 5 bucks is a conservative estimate!

point is, which i think we agree, it's not much more money

 

Sounds like my wife complaining about gas; WTF u were the one who insisted on a SUV ! You get what u pay for...

 

Chevron 93 pays for itself in mpg

I did the math

 

Hey I'm a dummy that used regular unleaded for about 3 months before noticing the gas door and the gauges both said "Premium Unleaded gas only". I bought the 98 used with 58K miles on it and no owners manual with it. This was just last week I realized the Premium sticker. I am a disgrace to Prelude owners and I have sinned but on the flipside, I have noticed QUITE a difference going from regular to premium. I thoroughly enjoy it.
Signed,
Stupid Idiot