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Old 08-18-2016, 01:06 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oldschooleco View Post
I read somewhere that Mazdas have relatively "high" compression and that running 93 would have mpg benifits? any one have any backing to this?
Not likely; higher octane would have been specified by Mazda if necessary to prevent pinging. You might see a benefit to economy if premium fuel at the particular station does not contain ethanol (and regular does), because there's actually higher energy content in a gallon of non-ethanol gasoline.
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