mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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My car has to run on 98+ ron fuel only...I use Vpower.
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Reedy
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Registered: 11th Apr 04
Location: Hammersmith
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I use ron 97 and 98 when i can get it.
I get more to the gallon and it runs smoother for me.
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
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always used vpower
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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i use vPower
Gets me from a -to- b so much quicker
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Martin_C
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Registered: 27th Jun 03
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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my mate has a 300zx n/a, tried tesco 99 and said it was shit.
my other mate swears by shell v power, to be honest its cheaper than the 97ron ultimate, and better i'd imagine. supermarket fuels are pishwater.
i'm trying to use v power in the civic but the nearest shell gear is a bit away.
plenty of bp's near though, no 102.
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gunzi
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Registered: 10th Feb 05
Location: Pompey
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My car runs like a bag of shit on 95, I stick to V-Power, it seems to run the best on Shell fuel. It doesn't like BP Ultimate either.
IIRC only 6 BP's in the UK sell 102 RON and they're all south of the watford gap.
[Edited on 11-12-2006 by gunzi]
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starkie
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Registered: 1st Jul 03
Location: Leslie, Fife
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i used to love optimax in my motorbike but it hated v power will be tempted to try tesco's though
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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101RON for 60p here
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I run my car on gravy and Vodka.
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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A fuels RON rating is basically its resistance to detonation. I use V-Power in the Tuscan, I doubt in a standard NA car it will make a big difference but anything that will help to stop det must be worth something. More of a safety thing than a power thing.
Cars that run a knock sensor will see a gain over standard fuel. If the car senses little or no knock it will advance the ignition timing and give you more power! I wouldnt run a turbocharged car on anything less than 97, I used to use V-power and octane booster in the P1 for about 101 RON.
Stu 
[Edited on 12-12-2006 by Stu]
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: Nottingham Drives: VW Tiguan
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the 102ron stuff was tested by EVO a few months back in a 996 GT3.
was pretty good.
Made about 20bhp over standard. after being mapped to run on it they got 50odd bhp over standard.
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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I run my 2.0 8v Calibra on 110 Octane fuel everyday..... (It runs on LPG :thumbs
[Edited on 12-12-2006 by Novaneil]
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