Recaros, Fuel and power restortation

[jonisginger]

Hi there,

Will Recaro Evo 3s fit in my Leon S?

Is supermarket fuel poorer than fuel company fuel?

What can I do to restore my 8 year old car to roughly it's original power? And what can I do to boost it?

Jon

 

[Mikey P]

im pretty sure supermarkets use other companys products and put thier own name on it, so im guessing tescos 99octaine fuel will be shells v-power,i could be wrong so dont quote me on that

 

[D.K]

I run my mapped LCR on Sainsbury super unleaded with NO problem's,

A good service and a remap will sort your power need's

 

[turbo009]

v-power all day long for me

 

[Mikey P]

what octaine was shell optimax?

 

[andymac]

v-power all day long for me

meeeee toooooo

 

[jonisginger]

Ahhh ok. Has anyone had rolling road with different fuels??

What about increasing the NA power of the engine? up from the standard 105bhp?

Jon

 

[Willie]

what octaine was shell optimax?

Optimax was 97 RON

 

[traumapat]

mines had vpower/optimax all its life apparently. when head was off it was commented how clean and little bore wear had taken place over 90k. i put that down to the fuel.

 

[turbo009]

agree,the correct fuel looks after your engine. Nothing else goes in my tank apart from v power

 

[GREY 225]

I use to run mine on v-power and nothing else untill i tried tesco 99, it actually runs better on the tesco 99
Im at awesomes rolling road day on saturday and last year at there rolling road day it was running on shell v-power, this time its going to be on tesco 99 so i will see if there is actually any difference with power, i doubt there's much in it to be honest, although with the tesco its more consistant.

 

[Mikey P]

Optimax was 97 RON

thats what tescos super used to be.....

 

[traumapat]

i thought optimax was 98 and v power 99

 

[Mikey P]

only reason i no tesco was 97 is when i filled up the other week,i went to the pump picked it up put it in and half way threw i looked at the sticker and it said 97....i kicked of royal and had to say sorry after they told me the new sticker had come off......oops lol

 

[Willie]

i thought optimax was 98 and v power 99

Yup thats right, it was shell super unleaded was 97, Optimax was 98 and V Power is 99 RON

 

[lordgibbness]

I'd recommend Shell V-Power fuel-wise... it has additives which help look after your engine - and my car feels much more urgent with V-Power compared to Total Excellium and BP Ultimate fuels. Never tried supermarket fuel - wouldn't want to either.

Get your car to a good garage (best to use a good VAG tuner IMO) and give it a full oil and filter service, get your spark plugs changed and any other servicable parts done too. Has the cambelt/waterpump been changed at the right intervals? Also a Forge DV and cotton air filter will help your engine breathe a little better. If you get it remapped then an uprated TIP might be a good choice too. Don't forget to look at bushes all-round as these can go soft and won't be doing their job. Uprated dogbone mount is worthwhile too. Any spare cash left after this then get the upper and lower S3 strut braces bolted on.

Can't help you with the seats sorry bud.

 

[JU5 2 SLY]

I always use V-power and with my V-power card I get money back at the end of the month so if you add it up there's only a slight difference in price.

Oh! and get this! I often go to Poland as I have alot of family over there and they sell V-Power RACING (100 RON). What I can't understand is why is it over there and not over here?

 

[lordgibbness]

I always use V-power and with my V-power card I get money back at the end of the month so if you add it up there's only a slight difference in price.

There was a Shell-Citi credit card that offered 3% cashback on fuel purchases, but might not be available to new customers atm.

 

[bruceR]

why has this thread just concentrated on the fuel question?

 

[lordgibbness]

A couple of us answered about servicing etc. Can you help with his seats question?