petrol? Super or normal?

[P0LKR]

All the garages near me are out of V-Power!!!

I had to put £10 of 95RON in till they get some v-power in....but they don't know when!! Thats the first time since I bought the car its had 95RON.

Doony,

Have you noticed any loss of power?

 

[Donnyboy]

I only put it in last night and have done about 10 miles in busy roads so not really. If I don't get any super unleaded tonight I may have to put more in so will let you know.

It looks like a trip to Tesco for some of their super unleaded.

 

[Al]

All our garages are out of V Power too. Grudgingly stuck in £25 of overpriced BP 97 Ultimate the other night.

 

[Tylerjet]

Id like to revive this post because the tuning specialist todaŷ told me to switch to shell v-power and was wondering does it really make a difference two years on from the first post ? It would cost me a extra €5.50 tp fill up with this compared to standard petrol

 

[invisiblekid]

Id like to revive this post because the tuning specialist todaŷ told me to switch to shell v-power and was wondering does it really make a difference two years on from the first post ? It would cost me a extra €5.50 tp fill up with this compared to standard petrol

What car have do you have? Any tuned petrol car would require 98 Ron. It's beyond me why anyone would pay £500 for a remap then use 95 Ron fuel.

But regardless, yes 98 Ron (VPower/Nitro) does make a difference to both power and economy. That's not opinion, it's fact.

 

[Tylerjet]

Just worked it out it would cost me €5.50 extra to fill up but if it benefits the proformance and the engine then it's money we'll spent

 

[putridmocha]

Worth it for a car adapted for it otherwise pointless

 

[invisiblekid]

Worth it for a car adapted for it otherwise pointless

What do you mean by adapted mate? Remapped?

Most modern, high performance engines will benefit being run on 98 Ron on a regular basis. The ECU will adapt to the fuel in the car just like it will adapt to how it's driven.

 

[putridmocha]

Remapped and high performance as you said

 

[sk4tec]

I often wonder with air filter elements being changed every other year if the extra money spent on high octane fuel isn't better spent on replacing the air filter more often.

Least you know that actually are getting 1-2 BHP advantage.

If you look in the back of the manual it does state something like "can run on 95 with reduced performance" on some engine specs

 

[WeeG]

I often wonder with air filter elements being changed every other year if the extra money spent on high octane fuel isn't better spent on replacing the air filter more often.

Least you know that actually are getting 1-2 BHP advantage.

If you look in the back of the manual it does state something like "can run on 95 with reduced performance" on some engine specs

If remapped though it is needed. No question on petrol variants, due to advanced timing, fuelling boost etc.

 

[G.P]

I often wonder with air filter elements being changed every other year if the extra money spent on high octane fuel isn't better spent on replacing the air filter more often.

Actually more air will pass through a slightly used filter compared to a brand new one..