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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:48 AM
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i have a sportsman 500 HO. what fuel is the best to use, or does it even make a difference? i use 87 octane, shoud i go higher?
 
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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Default What fuel is the best?
87 is what you should use. any higher octane is a wast of money on a stock engine.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 10:52 AM
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okay thanks
 
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 01:56 PM
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I just use 89 in everything. Except my cars, which get 87.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 02:03 PM
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87 octane in your stock engine. If you had a high compression motor then you would want to run a little higher octane. Running higher octane in a low compression motor is a waste of money and don't help power.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2008 | 03:36 PM
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I use 93 in the fall just because I don't use it in the winter that much and I was concerned the octane would go downhill during the winter
 
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