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Old February 3rd, 2012, 08:09 AM   #420
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Name: Trevor
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87 in mine. I did run a tank of 94 thru it once at the request of the dealer as I was complaining about a hesitation around 8-10k rpm in hot weather. It ran like a can of smashed assholes, and I've never put anything other than regular in it since. didn't make the hesitation any better, in fact I think it made it worse.
I'd like to update this, after shimming the carb needles with 1 washer each and removing the snorkel I've been running premium 91 ever since. Still has a bit of a flat spot from 8-9k, but it's not nearly as bad.
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