unleaded or Super whats yours drink

[172Ben]

O joy another petrol thread.

95 runs fine on the ITB's, so does 99 and v-power. Do notice slightly more miles with vpower, but them im paying more for it in the 1st place.

 

[Oldskoolbaby]

I always fill my vee up on ultimate and once every so often BP 102 from Newport Pagnel at..........................wait for it.....................£2.44 a litre!!! Its s**t hot stuff though and it works brilliant with the vee even if it does go through it at a fair ol' rate.

 

[Munson]

Common subject. I always use super when I can. My car suffers from poor running on 95. Other people say theirs is fine. Personal choice. Mine is a 182, which is allegedly meant run on 98+

 

[Pearl_Black]

I always fill my vee up on ultimate and once every so often BP 102 from Newport Pagnel at..........................wait for it.....................£2.44 a litre!!! Its s**t hot stuff though and it works brilliant with the vee even if it does go through it at a fair ol' rate.

That sounds awsome!

 

[Oldskoolbaby]

I blieve only a few places in the country do it.....just as well as i'd be constantly be filling up on the stuff lol.

 

[DrewBear11]

Yeah I run V-Power to @ £1.12, deffinatly noticed the MPG is better, getting an average of 35.5 at the moment. It runs allot better, but if you gonna switch from the normal porpers stuff to V power, you wont notice it with one tank, the changes in the ecu happen over time.

I'm struggling to see 30 mpg and most of the time i tend to drive below 3k rpm light throttle... and then open it up every now and then... loool sux2bme

 

[caister]

I'm struggling to see 30 mpg and most of the time i tend to drive below 3k rpm light throttle... and then open it up every now and then... loool sux2bme

Get your lambda sensor checked as IMO 30mpg on a Sport with gentle driving is too low.

 

[Damo_Sport]

Get your lambda sensor checked as IMO 30mpg on a Sport with gentle driving is too low.

i get 31mpg gentle driving,, but that is in a constant traffic jam for 20 mins every day:S

 

[Ian172southend]

Just a quick point. When running on lower octane fuel than is recomended, the ecu should back off the spark. This has an effect on horsepower but only a couple of brake that you probably wont notice. However running on the wrong octane fuel can cause ocational detonation which over a long period of time can have adverse affects on wear of engine internals.

 

[Fred@BTM]

a 172 should be doing over 40mpg @ 70mph

95RON is all you need, the Dynacup runs it and that did 160bhp@wheels on a stock engine!

 

[kevo66]

Mine has to run on 99, worth the price of a pint each week

 

[MrTrick]

I put V-Power in my 200.

You also get a free ferrari pint glass if you put a tenners worth in.

 

[Fred@BTM]

Mine has to run on 99, worth the price of a pint each week

mine don't, only 7bhp behind yours boyo!

 

[Guppy]

Mine made 170 fpt on 95 and 200 bhp so id say it's fine....

 

[Fletcher]

Asda 95 for my old girl, and she loves it!

 

[big_dave_r]

i always go for the best available. cant believe american petrol is only 91ron. i was reading about the problems it causes for modified cars over there.

just reading about russian ron 87 petrol too lol

 

[Sipha]

Tesco 99RON. Works.

 

[aucky]

V-Power 120p/litre =[

 

[st3ve]

Morrisons cheap stuff ftw.

V-Power is £1.25 odd f**k that!

It only says 98 RON RECOMMENDED, ie it doesn't NEED it.

 

[W17GLE]

95 ron as it seems to get better mpg. Oh and diesel lol

 

[hhh182]

if the ecu will only change after continuous drinking of v power then for people whom consume vpower 'every now and then' this is pointless? :s

 

[Fletcher]

if the ecu will only change after continuous drinking of v power then for people whom consume vpower 'every now and then' this is pointless? :s

Not really as IIRC v-power has good cleaning properties.

I rate ASDA 95 anyway....Rocket fuel TBQH.

 

[caister]

Not really as IIRC v-power has good cleaning properties.

I rate ASDA 95 anyway....Rocket fuel TBQH.

As he said V-Power is great for cleaning the injectors etc

 

[LiquidRich]

I only run V power in both Clio's. The 197 rund like a bag of crap on anything else and the 182 definately runs better with it.

 

[markkram]

I get about 10% better MPG on the premium stuff so it's better value for money than regular. The car also feels much more responsive.

 

[Austin-182]

I used normal when i first got mine, had a random tank then used normal again after, but for a good 4 month now ive only used vpower and average mpg has gone up by about 4! It doea say to use it anyway so thats all i use now

 

[MikeB]

v power at £1.20 a litre here

 

[DMS]

97 RON or above for me because that's what it's mapped for.

 

[franx]

I have never ran anything else than RON 98.

i managed 190 miles on a full tank.. BP 98 RON. It is a very bad mpg ain't it

hurray for cams and mapping

 

[Harrybeeee]

I'm getting 29mpg on 95 ron trying to drive like a normal person but occasionally blasting to just over 69mph