Premium vs Regular... With some science this time!

[jaz13]

Oh boy, this thread again. For the tightwads running cheap gas to save a few hundred dollars, you realize you are losing $10k in depreciation this year right? The price difference between gas grades is one of the least expensive things about owning this truck.

 

[xrocket21]

Most of you guys paid more for your stickers than the cost difference of running premium

if that isnt most raptor owners in a nutshell, I dont know what is


congratulations, you played yourselves

 

[smurfslayer]

well... I think this kind of dispels the “eco” myth in ecoboost. The Escalade TROUNCES the F150 in mpg...

Ouch.

 

[jabroni619]

That's not a good reference for the tt raptor. The raptor makes 17% more power than the 150, where do you think they are getting that power from? Certainly more boost and timing, so then the raptor is going to benefit more from premium fuel than the standard f150.
Also premium does not cost 20% more, it's about 10%
So for instance, in my 6.2 (yes unlike most of the bench players chiming in i try to back it up) i see an 8% gain in fuel economy with premium vs regular (for a net 2% loss) HOWEVER with the 6.2 the power on premium is 411 vs 400 on reg so really there's my 2% that "I'm paying for" not to mention, premium fuels are just that. Premium. Meaning less carbon buildup among other things.



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That’s one reason why I’m personally convinced to continue to run premium. It would undoubtedly be a bit more beneficial than it is on the standard EB engine which itself was producing 10+ more hp.

 

[df4801]

Oh boy, this thread again. For the tightwads running cheap gas to save a few hundred dollars, you realize you are losing $10k in depreciation this year right? The price difference between gas grades is one of the least expensive things about owning this truck.

You are right, it only saves about $500 a year.

But if you dont notice any difference with premium then why do it again?

I keep forgetting the reason.

 

[hkguns]

11 HP gain over Regular gas. Seems I recall saying over a year ago boosted Ford's gained 10HP when using Premium fuel. Then all the idiots chimed in arguing there was no difference.

A regular F150 is not a Raptor btw.....The engines and tunes are very different.

 

[rtmozingo]

Not only that, but I keep seeing that premium is generally cleaner/higher quality than regular. Any truth to this or is it just octane rating?

 

[xrocket21]

well... I think this kind of dispels the “eco” myth in ecoboost. The Escalade TROUNCES the F150 in mpg...

Ouch.

This just in: tire size has nothing to do with MPG's

news at 11

 

[jabroni619]

Not only that, but I keep seeing that premium is generally cleaner/higher quality than regular. Any truth to this or is it just octane rating?

I don’t think so, if it’s from the same source. Meaning regular Chevron vs premium Chevron, I don’t think one is inherenty cleaner than the other.

Now with that said if your engine is designed for premium I could possibly conceive of a cleaner running engine due to a more complete ignition. I’ve read that one of the ways a computer will attempt to curb pre-ignition is to also dump more fuel in the cylinders to reduce the charge temp. This could lead to a lot more umburnt fuel.

 

[jaz13]

You are right, it only saves about $500 a year.

But if you dont notice any difference with premium then why do it again?

I keep forgetting the reason.

The same argument applies to the Raptor vs XLT. The XLT does 99.9% of the things the Raptor does, yet everyone here spent 2x as much for a Raptor to get that extra 0.1%.