funny and sad at the same time...

[DemonWithin99]

well My cousin called me panicking the other day about his car. after he finally calmed down and called me back today he tells me what happened and what he did.

1st he cried about the motor knocking and not responding then shutting down. started up fine but once it warmed up it happened again.

(I figured fuel pump)
so I ran through a few other diagnostics over the phone with him untill he admts something funny, and sad at the same time.

"I only had $20 to put gas in the car so I put Reg in it."

after I un-muted him so he didn't hear me laughing I told him he's retarded and that I'll see what I can find out. Even though I'm certain that it is detonating, then the knock sensor is doing it's job knowing how hot that motor gets and how he drives with a heavy foot.

so now he has about a half tank of reg gas in an LT1 w/lt4 hotcam, tuned for premium. other than emptying the tank the only other thing I can think of is top it off with 93octane and/or a lot of octane booster (which I know really isn't all that good)

any thoughts?

I'm at a loss here I just can't keep from laughing at his stupidity every time he does something he shouldn't.