It's actually a little closer to $3.00, but who's counting.

$0.20 x 17 gal tank = $3.40

That's if you're going empty to full though.

If you ever plan on owning a high performance car, you will need to get used to the idea of buying premium gasoline.

Waaaay too many premium threads going on.

Stock GT's don't use it.
Modified/PCM'd GT's use it.
GTP's use it.


Anybody thinking they don't want to spend the extra money on gas needs to forget about modding their car, or do some calculations. I'll guestimate one for you: the extra cost of premium fillups for 9000 miles is about the cost of the PCM itself.

98gpse dont waste ur time with 91 octane, ur car will not benifit out of it. U want to go faster!! Should think of engine work to be done, or buy a PCM off line. And remember u have a SE not really a race rocket.

His SE is probably a 3.8... so it's the same as a GT. Remember, '97-98 SEs had the 3.8 as an option.

As for the calculations on cost of premium over 87, I fill up at 2/5 tank. Always have. In my Strat, 10gals is lasting me about 2 weeks of driving.

This thread could of been ended by saying "You gotta pay to play!" Since I have learned a few things now, I would recommend getting ahold of someone with a Tuner. Tune your car so you get better acceleration and better gas mileage so the premium doesn't hurt your budget!

x2.....it pays to play but if ur worried about 3 bucs dun mod!!!

LOL well you see it's not so much the $3.00 that worry me it's the fact that I keep going to gas stations around me and take a look at the price of premium. It seems the gap between regular and premium prices seems to keep increasing. When I first got the car I assumed that one day yes I would need to run premium but then gas started going up but what ever I thought I would still bite the bullet and pay but now that the gap is increasing I am wondering if it's worth it but who am I kidding of course it's worth it lol.
Also my SE does have the 3800.
After looking into Overkill Performance I am definitely willing to drive to the GTA that’s only like a 2-3 hour drive from me.

I've heard nothing but good things about Overkill Performance. A little pricey, but good.

kind of .... they want 250 just for a pcm ... but that includes the core ... but you can buy a powertuner and do that kind of stuff ... that is extreamly pricey lol

Ya I don't know I kind of like the look of the Intense PCM but the PCM will have to wait. I went out started my car and just before closing the door I thought I smelled something. I bent down and realized that it was gas I smelled. I looked under the car and my fuel lines have rotten almost right the way through so fun fun fun. That being said it definitely explains my bad mileage. I was kinda suspicious because my dad used to have the car and got great mileage and I know he was having fun with it. Now that I know that my lines are gone the 3 bucks a tank may not be so much when I don't have to fill up every two days lol.

Yeah it is... have you looked at any of their other stuff too? Their cams are like $550-650, one even says call for pricing (meaning it's ridiculously high) and the N* TB setup is over $400... its like jeez.

I don't know anyone running any of their products except for their PCM's, because they are too freakin' expensive.

Well is there a cheaper one that has similar performance?

Nope not really. Overkill tunes for your car specifically, as versus Intense/ZZP with their off-the-shelf tune that's one size fits all.

Although, long ago I had a DHP PCM and it was pretty good.

i am thinking about buying a pcm from zzp or something .... i would love to buy a powertuner but thats the last thing i need is to mess something up on my tune and have my car not run right