Stage 0 and 87 octane?

[PunkST]

Ok because money is a little tight and i have a cross country trip about to happen that my car has been pressed into service due to the clutch slipping in my girlfriend's gti. Im wondering if i can run 87 on the stage 0 tune. From what i gather its a copy of the factory tune?

 

[DEss]

Ok because money is a little tight and i have a cross country trip about to happen that my car has been pressed into service due to the clutch slipping in my girlfriend's gti. Im wondering if i can run 87 on the stage 0 tune. From what i gather its a copy of the factory tune?

You can. Only benefit that provides over unmarrying is the use of the gauges.




DEss

 

[PunkST]

Ok. Thanks very much. This is gonna help stretch dollars on this trip.

 

[XR650R]

It'll feel slower, but it's still plenty quick enough for a road trip.

 

[PunkST]

Im fine with that. Shes still spunky on stage 0 right now.

 

[green_henry]

E85 is cheap. Depending on where you are driving, you can blend the E85 with 87 and run a better tune

 

[PunkST]

We are taking the northern route out to seattle. Gas milage is more of the concern than performance.

 

[Ford ST]

That's a good drive my hips would never make it. A Gti with a slipping clutch you don't say. My sister-in-law's husband bought a new GTI this year manual. Huge car guy he said the clutch is delicate as paper. Enjoy your trip you may hit some areas that have less than 87 octane by the way. I definitely wouldn't recommend putting 85 octane in. I remember that I believe in South Dakota.

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[MRX330]

E50 I get 26 mpg and I am on it a lot. 93 I get 31. 91 is so boring and I stay out of it, 33 mpg. You’re going to save nickels and have shitty gas. Just run a tune a stay out of it. At least you’ll have good power when you need it

 

[PunkST]

^ ive been on stage 0 for the last couple of week trying to determine if the hotter tunes are part of that running issue. But i haven't had decent humid rainy weather to test again. Im just making sure its gonna be ok to run 87 if we habe to on the way out and back. Its not like im gonna run 87 forever.

 

[PunkST]

Been running 88. And so far im not liking how the car behaves. The OAR lrn has dropped back to 0.87 and doesnt want come back up. So im thinking we might just run 91 as much as possible.

 

[DEss]

Been running 88. And so far im not liking how the car behaves. The OAR lrn has dropped back to 0.87 and doesnt want come back up. So im thinking we might just run 91 as much as possible.

If you're trying to save money, the mid grades are seldom the best choice. Unless you were getting unusually high knock counts, I'd stick with regular.

DEss

 

[PunkST]

Im gonna go back to 91 after this tank.

 

[MRX330]

E85 is cheaper than any gasoline. Throw some in and clean up the shitty 91 a little

 

[PunkST]

i do usually run 93, the question while out on our trip is availability, and cost somewhat.

 

[MRX330]

i do usually run 93, the question while out on our trip is availability, and cost somewhat.

A plane ticket would be cheaper, no hotels

 

[Ford ST]

A plane ticket would be cheaper, no hotels

Plane ticket is definitely not always cheaper I'm flying to Maine in a couple of weeks for my Brother's wedding and flying right back home. It was $1,000 for the cheapest ticket for the Wife and I. Plus I still have to rent a car. My Wife is from upstate New York and the two times I've been up there we have drove, because Syracuse is a very expensive airport to fly into. Plus we would still have to rent a car car rentals at airport locations are more expensive.
The wedding was unexpected if it had been a year out I would have made a road trip out of it and drove.

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[Clint Beastwood]

That's a good drive my hips would never make it. A Gti with a slipping clutch you don't say. My sister-in-law's husband bought a new GTI this year manual. Huge car guy he said the clutch is delicate as paper. Enjoy your trip you may hit some areas that have less than 87 octane by the way. I definitely wouldn't recommend putting 85 octane in. I remember that I believe in South Dakota.

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Yeah when shopping for the FiST I looked at GTI's - I don't want a DSG but I read that with pretty much any additional power the GTI's clutch starts to slip :| really makes me appreciate the excessively strong clutch Ford uses (even though I *HATE* the DMF)

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Been running 88. And so far im not liking how the car behaves. The OAR lrn has dropped back to 0.87 and doesnt want come back up. So im thinking we might just run 91 as much as possible.

I think the OAR is what the car uses to adjust timing and stuff to get the tune back to "safe", so I *believe* there's a period of time while it has to say, "whelp, this is the new normal, better start pulling some timing!"

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Im gonna go back to 91 after this tank.

Probably a good idea - you get slightly better mileage on the higher octane anyways, I think you'd wind up saving, what, 2-5 bucks per tank but sacrifice a little mileage so it's probably a zero-sum game. I'd just stay safe and run 91+

If you *really* need extra fuel economy you could run all 4 tires at the recommended spec for the fronts (which I believe is higher than the rear) or even a little higher, but not too much. In highschool when I was trying to stretch my fuel dollars I'd air all my tires up to the spec listed on the sidewall - car handled odd (do not recommend) but got noticeably improved mileage.