Miata Mailing List: August 1993, Message #121
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   From: "Number 6" 
Subject: Recommended octane (was: Re: Roll bars, roll-overs, and gasoline)
   Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1993 17:19:11 -0400


Joshua_Bloch@transarc.com writes:

> steve@laforge.ksc.nasa.gov (Steve Davis) writes:
>
> >   While we're on the subject of bogus (or suspect) dealer claims, the same
> > salesman also told me never to use _higher_ than 87 octane gasoline in the
> > Miata-- that the engine would stall otherwise.  Fact or fantasy?
> >
>
>     Dangerous fantasy.  87 octane is recommended.  Higher is
> specifically dis-recommended because it can foul up the injectors.  I
> have always had good luck with 87 octane gas.

I don't want to start a flame war, what with all this high-octane
stuff lying around, but I've always heard that higher-than-87 was not
recommended because it increased stumbling after cold starts during
the winter months.  What is the source of the "foul up the injectors"
statement?

john