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View Poll Results: Which Performance Petrol Do You Prefer? | |
Shell V-Power
|    | 366 | 60.40% | |
BP Ultimate
|    | 106 | 17.49% | |
Tesco Super Unleaded
|    | 94 | 15.51% | |
Esso Energy Supreme
|    | 19 | 3.14% | |
Texaco Super Unleaded
|    | 9 | 1.49% | |
Total Excellium
|    | 12 | 1.98% |  | |
23-08-2007, 11:03
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#101 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kent Drives: 2.0 Nova SEH
Posts: 573
| Also people always avoid the expensive petrol as it over £1 a litre but on a full tank in my nova its about £3 more than the 'cheaper' stuff.
Well worth it I think.
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28-08-2007, 21:20
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#102 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 49
| tesco fuel
uummmmm dodgy. not good for performance cars and turbo's |
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28-08-2007, 21:21
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#103 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 49
| my mate put shell optimax in his y-reg golf tdi and it wouldnt move at all,
dunno why |
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06-09-2007, 11:11
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#104 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 2
| thick that shell petol the best to get. the rest dont seen to be that good |
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06-09-2007, 21:01
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#105 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reading Drives: E30 335,Astra Van TD
Posts: 199
| i read that even the shell stuff looses somthing in it over time wich gives less power and corrodes gaskets. i think i read it on an sbd site. |
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25-09-2007, 20:34
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#106 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northwest Drives: Cavalier V6
Posts: 44
| In one of the magazines they tested a highly tuned 2.0 turbo on different fuels 'V power' gave a 25bhp gain over supermarket 95RON, with NO other changes................when both optimised the power difference increased to 35bhp.(and 16bhp over Tesco 99RON with no changes). |
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26-09-2007, 19:20
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#107 | | MIGClub Member
Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bath Drives: Astra 3.0 V6 / F20
Posts: 3,786
| Free petrol from old scrappers is the best 
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27-09-2007, 09:03
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#108 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: cwmbran Drives: VEC Design edition
Posts: 21
| been changing petrol tanks lately?...lol
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27-09-2007, 11:08
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#109 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northwest Drives: Cavalier V6
Posts: 44
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Originally Posted by Galahad Free petrol from old scrappers is the best  | now we know  |
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28-09-2007, 13:52
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#110 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Sep 2006
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29-09-2007, 07:49
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#111 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northwest Drives: Cavalier V6
Posts: 44
| performance.............well on this site that normally means more power to the wheels, not more miles per gallon.
More power always costs more money, The power gain is about 5% max is that worth 5p/litre obviously not for every day driving! |
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29-09-2007, 15:38
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#112 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: rhydyfelin, s.wales Drives: cavalier 2.0i ls
Posts: 178
| i use tesco super and do find that it improves the performance on my cavalier.
if there was a shell or bp closer id use that, but i find that the gains from using tesco99 to tesco95 are sufficient enough to justify paying the extra few pence per litre
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01-10-2007, 18:42
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#113 | | MIGClub Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blaina, S Wales Drives: P reg corsa vegas
Posts: 1,527
| I always use BP fuels as Its about the cheapest of the top name petrol stations around my way. (and my car and the g-f's car play up like hell on the cheapand nasty supermarket fuels).
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01-10-2007, 18:49
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#114 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Stoke on Trent Drives: anything
Posts: 422
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Originally Posted by Matt Allcock I don't know a thing about 4pot engines, but the 6pot C30SE's ECU doesn't have maps to cater for different fuel octane ratings. The Lotus has a lot more advanced ECU maps and does indeed run a lot better on otimax than standard 95ron. I have found that there's no difference between optimax and standard 95ron on my car.
It all depends on if your ECU has the capabilities of utilising 98/99 octane fuel's benefits. |
swap the ron sensor by the water tank |
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02-10-2007, 18:12
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#115 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bradford Drives: Xe'd MK4 Van
Posts: 393
| most of the time i use V-power in my C-Let.
i once tried half a tank of 'normal' (Jet i think) fuel and the throttle response was poor in comparison. i'll stick with what i think makes my van run better  |
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08-11-2007, 15:09
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#116 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: bristol Drives: 2003 astra coupe
Posts: 1
| sounds daft but depending on what type of journey i do, with shell v power i get a few more miles to the tank than i would on bog standard petrol, a few others i know have noticed this too depending on what car they drive. performance wise the response isnt much better or that noticable upto standard petrol to be honest. it just works out that for a couple of quid more i get more mileage in comparison to normal fuel. |
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18-01-2008, 18:34
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#117 | | MIGClub Member
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kidderminster Drives: Astra SXi '57
Posts: 298
| Everyone told me I wouldnt notice the difference in my current car (Ford Puma, stil waiting for the Astra to arrive), but I definately noticed a big difference. Not only did it make take off quicker but it also made the engine run more efficiently, so even though I was paying more for it, it was lasting longer. A lot longer!!
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18-01-2008, 22:35
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#118 | | Banned
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: worcs Drives: like its leased
Posts: 777
| con with extra ron Quote:
Originally Posted by slcrawlings sounds daft but depending on what type of journey i do, with shell v power i get a few more miles to the tank than i would on bog standard petrol, a few others i know have noticed this too depending on what car they drive. performance wise the response isnt much better or that noticable upto standard petrol to be honest. it just works out that for a couple of quid more i get more mileage in comparison to normal fuel. | this is the big con iam afraid!
say on 50L of V power @ 108p extra per litre
Tesco's own @ 100p per litre
8px50=£4 [nearly another gallon]
cars running on 40miles per gallon ......
one might go for the tesco's own as you will afford more volume of petrol for the same money
hence you will get more miles to the tank even with a little less calories?!
There has been top gear tests or by others and they found that there was infact a 2bhp drop in power with so called performance additives !!
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18-01-2008, 22:41
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#119 | | Banned
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: worcs Drives: like its leased
Posts: 777
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Originally Posted by Rob Well, the RR today showed that better fuel can and does make a difference. Bodster's 888 astra made 217bhp on Wallace's rollers in October and its been untouched since then and it ran 206 today. Only difference was he had v-power last time and 95RON today! |
Hmmm was the air temp / pressure etc exactly the same as the previous day??
just a drop in temp with higher pressure having denser oxygen can make all the diffo
as diffo is less than 5%? |
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29-01-2008, 22:47
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#120 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1
| Just thought I'd add 2 pence worth.
Worked in service stations most of my life, just coz the petrol tanker has Mobil livery on the outside it doesnt mean thats where the stuff inside came from. Some of the stuff can be a bit bogus too.
Have a great day! |
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30-01-2008, 07:50
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#121 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 458
| i have to use tesco 99ron as after the head got skimmed again, it would pink like crazy on 95ron. |
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02-09-2008, 07:22
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#122 | | MIGClub Member
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Rotherham Drives: DD40 :(
Posts: 449
| Re: Which Petrol Do You Prefer For Performance? Total Excellium was hands down the best in my XE tryed all sorts and that felt the best
my new car will be maped on it as well |
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02-09-2008, 23:04
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#123 | | MIGClub Member
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Wickham, Kent Drives: 1.6 Astra Mk5 SXi
Posts: 218
| Re: Which Petrol Do You Prefer For Performance? I use Shell V-Power, but Total Excellium is my next alternative. |
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03-09-2008, 14:47
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#124 | | MIGWeb User
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bromley, Kent Drives: MK3 Astra 1.4i
Posts: 27
| Re: Which Petrol Do You Prefer For Performance? V-Power has the best effect on my 14SE, otherwise Tesco's 99 as it's cheap and the engine sounds a lot smoother. I've heard a rumour that Tesco's 99 and BP Ultimate are the same thing? |
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03-09-2008, 21:54
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#125 | | MIGClub Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Berkshire Drives: Linea Rossa Turbo
Posts: 529
| Re: Which Petrol Do You Prefer For Performance? Since I have had turbo cars I have used Tesco 99, never had any problems, and I get my tesco points  |
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