Yea, what are your choices, run like a beater or like a well tuned engine, like its supposed to. I think it gets better gas mileage too, with the Higher octane.
But if you throw a tune on it and your under warranty, you have to "detune" every time you have to take it in the shop. They actually do any factory updates to the ECU even if its just an oil change. If they find its been tuned you are boned. So I am assuming you are talking post warranty?
probably does.. but most likely by negligible amounts. I dropped to mid grade fuel this past few weeks and the pinging is starting to rear its ugly head up again. Theres no denying for me , the high octane is needed on these. Average person wouldn't notice though, as my ears can hear a mosquito fart from miles away...this is probably the reason most people dump 87 in there and say it perfectly fine. Oddly enough , jeeps next to me on stoplights don't seem to be pinging or I have yet to hear another clear example. Before this I tried the most expensive stuff and time after time it proved to be more quieter .
How many times do you visit dealer a year and why bother with oil changes at the dealer?
I think the added benefit with it is u can also manage radiator fan temperature startup . Which in my opinion is needed more than the tuneup. The downside is the price and the risk u take if something goes bad on the modded ecu . I've got a feeling livermois will poo poo on u once they get ur money. I think it was close to a 1000 bucks for that thing.. I'll look it up later see if i'm correct. For now I think i'll have to run on the expensive stuff
I get them for free, well so they say. I paid through the nose. So I am sure as hell make sure they have to pay back. I want to do some other major mods but I can wait until out of warranty..
Ethanol-free is pretty common in Oklahoma, tough to find anywhere else in our travels. I'll seek it out anywhere it's available though, makes a very noticeable difference from the Ethanol corn filler crap!
I live in Arizona and you cannot find gas without ethanol, which really sucks. They used to have it only during the summer months but now it appears to be year round.
