Motorsport News

Are you wasting money on premium fuel if your car doesn’t need it? | Articles

Are you wasting money on premium fuel if your car doesn't need it? | Articles

I had a Nissan Maxima, the last of the front engine-rear drive models, and it always ran stronger on premium.  It didn’t knock on regular either.

I owned an auto repair shop in NW Indiana from 1981 thru 2006.  Looking back it was the worst time to start an automotive repair business with ALL the changes going on with cars at the time. 

Complex emission control systems, Computers, ABS brakes, Digital dashes, RWD  to FWD, distributors losing out to coil packs, several carburetor modifications then fuel injection in several different forms, the list goes on. More changes in the decade of the 80’s than the prior 50 years!

We “fixed” quite a lot of drivability problems just by having our…

Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Grassroots Motorsports Online Articles…