When's your next fill up?

[hon_bris]

Hi all,

Got told about this wonderful stuff - think I will have to treat the old girl to a few litres of this 'bad boy' stuff. Anyone fancy meeting down Maidstone for a group buy? lol.


http://www.bp.com/genericsection.do?cat ... Id=7017179


Mind you when I popped down to the one in Maidstone, it was £2.42 per litre!

 

[Cue]

be very interesting to see what you think of it. Not sure it'll do the Trophy too much good though - the ECU is programmed for 98 ron fuel i think.

 

[son of solo]

is'nt this stuff intended for those mad imported scoobys,evos,skylines....etc that need a higher octaine , as available in japan..?

 

[DaveTrophy]

I'm not sure if you would see an improvement? As cue said, they are set up for 98ron

"The ignition retards to compensate for 95 - 98 (any more than 98 is a waste)" - apparantly

was £2.42 per litre - £100 odd to fill tank lol

 

[theo]

I suggest reading this before filling up again


http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=16514

 

[Steve]

I can tell you now categorically that BP 102 is a complete waste of money in an unmodified Trophy. The extra knock resistance of the 102 RON fuel is arbitrary when the compression ratios remain the same, the only point in a higher octane rating is to resist pre-ignition (sometimes called 'pinking') from the higher charge temperatures associated with higher cylinder pressures. Without remapping the ECU to allow higher compression, the extra octane will be a waste, it does not contain more energy or is more explosive (you could say less explosive in fact). Better to stick with BP 97 or Shell V-Power as they have the best additives and will keep your engine and fuel system cleaner, allowing a more efficient output.

 

[theo]

The reoprt published recently on PH suggests that Tesco 99 gave the best increase in power and BP 102 gave an initial boost but then dropped off!

 

[DaveTrophy]

I read somewhere that Tesco 99 was utter sh1te?

 

[theo]

I've heard that a lot too, but the motorsport company who ran it in 3 cars over a month found it to be the best for performance, they then ran it for another 4 months in an M3CSL and found it to still be the best :S