scoobydavid

been using v power since i bought it but got a tesco clubcard and reciced a vocher 5p of every litre so i put tesco 97 super unleaded in and so far so go but on my fuel cap it say 98 fuel only will this be a problem and what rating is v power

Rubberscooby

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Stick to v power

Anders_WR1

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If your running the standard Map, or a Prodrive map you can use 97 RON petrol, but the ECU will retard the ignition because of the lower fuel grade. The engine will loose some power with less ignition advance.

V-Power is 99 RON and the best out there.

scoobydavid

found this on tesco website it say the bp 102 is currently the best

Super Fuels
Many of the large petrol companies have launched 'super fuels' - petrols and diesels that have a higher research octane level. These fuels are said to increase power in many vehicles, deliver less pollution than regular fuels and help to maintain a cleaner engine. Amongst these 'super fuels' are Tesco's Super Unleaded 99 Octane petrol, supplied by Greenergy, now sold at many stations across the UK and also BP's Ultimate 102 Unleaded which is currently the most advanced, high-performance petrol you can buy on UK forecourts.

bluenosewrx

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Aye but BP ultimate is about £3 grand a litre,lol.

Mac

Bug Eyed Peas

Try the Tesco 99, then the V Power.

(99 works best in my scoob)

exvaux

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tesco 99 worked best in mine,bp ulti ***te made it run very badly,

what would scooby do

vpower or tesco 99 as stated above

Anders_WR1

iTrader: (8)

If you want 102 RON fill up with V-Power, then add half a bottle of NF. Same RON, but about £110 cheaper a tank!

scoobydavid

at my tesco it says 97 super unleaded so is this 99 ron

prices i found by me

97 tesco super unleaded is 104.9
vpower 105.9

zoney-WRX

i use tescos 99 in my 55 Sti ppp and it seems to run better than when ive put v power in it

Bug Eyed Peas

It says 99 on the pump. Generally the first one on the pump

telscooby1

tesco 99 all the way i used ultimate and didnt get the mpg out of it and didint run as well, v power is good but dont think there was any diffrence between that and tesco 99.

sparkykev

If your car is still using the standard map, you can safely run it on 95 ron, anything higher, is a bonus, power wise.

mikepaul

My WRX, 225bhp ran fine with Tesco 95, but the engine laboured with Tesco Super 99 - guess the Tesco 99 doesn't have the same cleaning agents as Shell V Power which is the best IMHO.

I kept trying Tesco 99, at different stations up and down the country and concluded it's cheap SUL and well CRAP!!!!

I didn't rate BP either (better than Tesco SUL), but Total SUL is quite good.

In Sumary the fuel quality of Tesco 99 suffers to achive 2 RON higher than the other supermarkets.

Just my option and experience, I would love to find V Power fuel that's cheaper but I found fuel consumption with T 99 to be very poor; even on same motorway run I was getting 3-5mpg less

fivetide

iTrader: (1)

TBH mappers favs are Optimax and then Tesco SUL. Remember RON rating isn't everything, pre map the best SUL i'd used was Esso which is only 97.

Tesco seemt o have a good product and are the only company to publish exactly what is in the juice. BP Ultimate is bobbins by comparison which underlines the 'more to it than RON' argument.

If you do run 95 though it will take quite a while before the ecu advances the ignition again because it just won't trust the fuel. Probably several tanks worth.

5t.

[Davey]

Super unleaded is totally fine... Ignore all of the fear mongers lol! Unless you've had the car specifiically mapped for 99/100 ron it will have NOOOOOOOOOOOOO problems on 97 SUL.

Stevesbluewrx

iTrader: (4)

I think it's done to personal choice on a standard ECU map.

I've used both V-power and Tesco 99 on my ECUTEK ECU and to be honest (and this is an honest answer) my car is best suited to V-Power.

Not only do I get more pops and bangs out my RCM system but I see better MPG on VP too.

Thats my two pence worth anyway.

Scoobydavid, if I was you mate if you have 99 octane at your local pump at Tesco give that a go. Other wise add a shot of NF in the tank (60mls) and take it from there.



Steve

p1walding

always use vpower but got a 5p off coupon off tesco petrol so got super unleaded. does other peoples pop and bang more with tesco fuel? just got blitz exhaust from the cat back as mods.