Fuel for your rides

[Noob]

All the ZTH sifus,

Which kinda petrol is the best for your cars? does higher octane means better fuel?

what about S*ell's Vpower, B*'s 100? what kind of petrol gives the best performance at the mean time take good care of the engine?

Vpower really cleans the engine?

since the petrol price had been raising like hell these days, all this things comes into concern.. want to know rather if it's really worth it pumping Vpower into the car everytime..

 

[et5828]

i only know v-power contains extra octane
projet would be my choice...

 

[bridgestoneRE711]

vpower is nto high octane .
whe chemical is different onlly .

 

[Noob]

vpower is 98 octane.. it's not higher.. all i know is it's re-engineered.. but will it really affect the performance?

 

[PocketRocket]

"what about S*ell's Vpower, B*'s 100? what kind of petrol gives the best performance at the mean time take good care of the engine?"

why u sensor..?

 

[Noob]

later they sue me for using their name.. :D

 

[andaq]

been using v-power since i started driving. before the oil price-hike, its more expensive, but now it's even more! hehe. but i dont mind coz i drive a small car which burns little fuel plus my office is 5 minutes away from my house so u guys out there hehe.. god bless u.

but i think v-power does more good than harm. more good to your engine n more harm to your wallet also. but honestly i think i did gain extra mileage if i keep on using it. but just a bit la.

*just my dua puluh sen

 

[SpeedWanker]

done an extensive test for shell against other brands before, a test where every 5000km the valve train and pistons were removed, weight and checked and found that V-power has got a super cleaning agent.. engine looks brand new( no carbon at all) after 5000km of V-power..
but on point of where octane is concern, rumours has it that its only 95 or 96 and on dyno it'll only gives off-throttle responds but no gain through out the power curve..
others especially some superbikers says petronas kick ass but according to a buddy nothing beats any petrol with afterburn..

 

[acbc]

Petronas + Afterburn = Kick Ass

 

[ModMaestro]

simply chugging hi-octane into your car wouldn't give you any power increase. In fact, it might even kill your engine. Basically, the higher the octane level, the harder it is for the petrol to combust/burn.

now why would you want fuel that is harder to burn? because it allow you to run higher cylinder pressure. So if you put hi-octane into your stock car, it might not work. Ask any turbo addict, they'll tell you all the details.

Malaysian fuel are seperated into normal and premium. Normal fuel has 95 octane, while premium has 97/98 octane. compared to US, we have hi-octane pump gas. They are only allow 91 to 93 octane. But the temperature in Malaysia means our higher octane doesn't readilly translate into benefits.

the only difference between the fuel by different company will be the additive they put into their fuel. So it is better to stick with 1 brand of fuel.

edit - changed words

 

[AccordRacing]

v-power is good,faster response but the fc is worst,,lets say normal petrol full tank can go 5 day but v-power only can go 2 1/2 or 3 day only

 

[edgar_raphael]

I did a test on lower and higher octane fuel and the results are... same, unfortunately, for both perofrmance and mileage

the only diference, with lower octance, its cheaper..

 

[N/A guy]

v-power actually gain some performance to the engine but the bad point is it burns faster than normal petro. so better dont expect to get good FC by using v-power.

 

[eakamal]

Shell v-power..but since the petrol price increased,better use normal one..Got more litre per ringgit.The v-pwer also 'cepat habis'

 

[fritz]

Normal Unleaded Shell petrol is good enuf..Tried wit 3 Brand..Shell,Projet and Petronas...Pumped Rm50..results is...
Shell - 370Km
Projet - 300Km
Petronas - 280Km
Projet can giv better response..but FC poor..too bad! If no choice i will pump projet coz near my house..

 

[BlackSamurai]

i found that the best FC is depends on your engine ..

 

[Noob]

thanks to all the sifus that replied!
so conclusion is that shell really gives better milage?
i've read about this article that says low octane e.g. 92 octane is suitable for new engines.. after 5 years/ 100 000km upgrade the octane level to 1 level higher (95 octane). It stated that it actually helps the FC n the car's performance? but it's stated there that turbocharged engines should use 98 octane for better performance. True? anyone heard bout it before?