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I just bought my Silverado the other day and it has a 5.3l v8 with a Whipple supercharger on it. Should I use supreme gas with the supercharger or does it make a difference? I've called Whipple a few times and left messages but nobody has called me back yet. I haven't even put gas in it yet since the tank was full when I drove it off the lot.

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I just bought my Silverado the other day and it has a 5.3l v8 with a Whipple supercharger on it. Should I use supreme gas with the supercharger or does it make a difference? I've called Whipple a few times and left messages but nobody has called me back yet. I haven't even put gas in it yet since the tank was full when I drove it off the lot.

 

 

Absolutely, anything that raises compression requires the highest octane you can get.

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I just bought my Silverado the other day and it has a 5.3l v8 with a Whipple supercharger on it. Should I use supreme gas with the supercharger or does it make a difference? I've called Whipple a few times and left messages but nobody has called me back yet. I haven't even put gas in it yet since the tank was full when I drove it off the lot.

 

 

Absolutely, anything that raises compression requires the highest octane you can get.

 

Yeah, that would probably be smart to use premium.

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I just bought my Silverado the other day and it has a 5.3l v8 with a Whipple supercharger on it. Should I use supreme gas with the supercharger or does it make a difference? I've called Whipple a few times and left messages but nobody has called me back yet. I haven't even put gas in it yet since the tank was full when I drove it off the lot.

 

 

Absolutely, anything that raises compression requires the highest octane you can get.

 

 

 

Thanks I was hoping that I could still use regular to save money but it's nott that much of a difference I guess. Now if I can just figure out what the yellow button on my dash goes to Ill be alright.

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Now if I can just figure out what the yellow button on my dash goes to Ill be alright.

 

DON'T PRESS IT!!! At least not until you reach precisely 88 MPH. :eek:

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DON'T PRESS IT!!! At least not until you reach precisely 88 MPH. :eek:

 

 

 

already tried it when i was driving her home unfortunately nothing happened, does anyone know where i can find a new flux capacitor

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already tried it when i was driving her home unfortunately nothing happened, does anyone know where i can find a new flux capacitor

 

Home Depot, aisle 5, right next to the Plutonium.

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already tried it when i was driving her home unfortunately nothing happened, does anyone know where i can find a new flux capacitor

 

Home Depot, aisle 5, right next to the Plutonium.

 

 

Lol!!!!! You the man vmax

 

And yeah I'd go with premium

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already tried it when i was driving her home unfortunately nothing happened, does anyone know where i can find a new flux capacitor

 

Home Depot, aisle 5, right next to the Plutonium.

 

Can I go to Lowes? It's closer.

 

I too think premium fuel is a must. Boost needs good fuel.

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can I bother you by asking how much you paid and how many miles it has on ?

 

thanks and hope you like it :)

 

 

got it for 10k walkout price and it has 103k miles on it

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I'll get some pics up as soon as it stops raining for more than 10 mins.

 

I don't know how much boost I'm running yet. Whenever I can get someone at Whipple to answer the phone I'm gonna get more info on it.

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