ChrisBoom
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How far can you go on the tuning stakes before it needs to be run on super unleaded, if at all?
I have heard that once big power comes into it, then super is needed, if not it can damage the engine.
Nearest garage to me with super unleaded is 40 miles away  
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Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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I am running 260ish in my zafira I never run super mainly because the missus is always driving it and is tight never had a problem
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ChrisBoom
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I see, I ask as a friend of mine had a VXR nurburgring that was mapped, ended up blowing the fucker up with less than 500 miles on it, vauxhall claimed it was because it was not being run on super unleaded 
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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if your gonna buy a performance car and not run it on the best fuel you can get, i wouldnt bother
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chloe16v
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thats bull shite, i highly doubt alot of people over on the astra owners club are using super with there mapped cars
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
if your gonna buy a performance car and not run it on the best fuel you can get, i wouldnt bother
they will be fine up to a point on 95 ron unleaded...
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by chloe16v
thats bull shite, i highly doubt alot of people over on the astra owners club are using super with there mapped cars
maybe mapped on regular?
and no its not bullshit to use super.
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ChrisBoom
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Oh well, ill just make sure when I do get any mapping done to run it on regular.
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chloe16v
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i didnt say it was bull shit to use it but to fuck a car up that quick by not using it all the time i think is, also cant using it all the time do damage aswell?
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frostyD
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You aint gonna get the full potential out of it running on normal fuel
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by chloe16v
i didnt say it was bull shit to use it but to fuck a car up that quick by not using it all the time i think is, also cant using it all the time do damage aswell?
its higher octane. if you run it on lower when its supposed to be on super, it can wreck it. fuelling is extremely important on tuned cars.
[Edited on 07-03-2010 by Nic Barnes]
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Ryan_G1
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My astra only ran well on v power.
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John
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If it's mapped for normal fuel it'll run perfectly fine on normal fuel.
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DizzyRebel
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bullshit.
Cars today from the factory run a conservative map, and most can run from 88 octane all the way up to 102 octane without the need to re-map to avoid damage.
If were talking a 500bhp evo thats been mapped to run on 102 ron and its run on 95 ron at peak boost you are asking for trouble though. standard road cars run fine on any fuel, and most dont benefit from performance fuels. Only when we talk fine tuning and mapping does the type of fuel run matter.
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Pete_vxl
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I run v-power, my car runs better and gets better mpg than normal unleaded.
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Col004
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May be im abit anal but ill never put normal fuel in my corsa.. I always run it on optimax.
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DamoC
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Registered: 6th Oct 07
Location: Sawtry, Cambridgeshire
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never never run a mapped car on 95 octane
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DamoC
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the only good bit about running a mapped car on 95 is the fuckd pistons make good ashtrays ! lol
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John
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Unless it's been mapped for 95 ron, in which case it'll work fine.
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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Get some stocks of octane booster?
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Unless it's been mapped for 95 ron, in which case it'll work fine.
yup
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sand-eel
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You can run any car on any fuel as long as its mapped to suit, i'm sure I saw a 600bhp supra on crap US spec 92ron or something. Just don't have massively advanced ignition or compression and it will be fine.
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sand-eel
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any fuel as in any RON fuel.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
You can run any car on any fuel as long as its mapped to suit, i'm sure I saw a 600bhp supra on crap US spec 92ron or something. Just don't have massively advanced ignition or compression and it will be fine.
us spec 92 ron isnt the same as what we would call 92 ron.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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DET.
And i believe from what he has written, its mapped/tuned, so 97/99 reccomended.
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