ViViTation Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Is there much advantage in using super unleaded in (your Celica here)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Yes.Shell VPower all the time It gives a better burn. I never use Supermarket fuel either. But that's me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 another one for V power here,cars feels better on pick up for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foogles Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Wish I could put V Power in mine, the nearest Shell garage is 25+ miles away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahamr123 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I used V power for a bit. It did make the car feel a fraction more responsive, but the difference in price wasn't worth it for just the daily commute through town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuma77 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 defo mate never used anything but since i bought mine home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Yeah any car with a knock sensor will be able to adjust to the higher spec fuel, you will get more power and often better economy as it accelerates better for using less fuel- Best you can get in the UK is Shell Nitro and Tescos Momentum which is both 99 spec though the Shell is likely a much higher quality fuel as tescos don't operate refineries like Shell, Tescos got it majorly wrong in the mid 2000s where they had a bad batch of fuel and it started wrecking peoples cars (anyone remember that? lol) Japanese imports will run on even higher grade fuel, over there they can get fuel which is over 100 RON so you have no choice but to use super unleaded in JDM imports, they won't run well at all on the low grade 95 Older cars with no knock sensors (early 90s) will not be able to adjust so theres no point in using it, on those, think most celicas have it, was surprised to find out the gen 5 has one and that seems to run a lot better on the high grade Edited April 15, 2015 by Klaxon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgtt Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I have to do a 30 mile round trip to get V-Power, don't have much choice either as its mapped to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyRacer Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 This subject has been done to death so many times now but yes V-Power Nitro + is better for your engine. Will not give you more power but will burn better, run smoother and keep the internals cleaner especially with better plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherv Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 This subject has been done to death so many times now but yes V-Power Nitro + is better for your engine. Will not give you more power but will burn better, run smoother and keep the internals cleaner especially with better plugs. This.I only run Shell nitro in mine as its an import engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulie Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 No shell garage on iow so bit of a non starter really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Although it says 97ron on BP, it's also good due to them being also a major fuel company. Both me and my partners Gen7s are Imports. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINY Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) bp ultimate for the 185 and bp regular in the shitbox corsa daily for me Edited April 15, 2015 by SKINY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) This subject has been done to death so many times now but yes V-Power Nitro + is better for your engine. Will not give you more power but will burn better, run smoother and keep the internals cleaner especially with better plugs. Perhaps it should be done again with the correct information then as the 205 and (I believe the 185 too) will absolutely produce more power on shell nitro compared to 95. The knock sensor detects the low grade fuel and the ECU is run in a restricted power mode, you have to fill it up with high grade and reset the ECU to get full power Try filling it up with 95 and putting your foot down in one of the turbo celicas, it runs like ass on 95.....i only use it if I get caught short and never give it the beans on that stuff Edited April 15, 2015 by Klaxon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J03 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Aye, it's all about the knock. The difference I've seen on the Apexi readout, between vpower & texaco premium is ridiculous. On vpower the knock level never goes above 27 when pushing, but on Texaco shite it doesn't take much at all to get her into the mid 40's. I'll have to test other fuels see what the craic is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINY Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 on my old GT there was a wire that you disconected if you wanted to use crap octane fuel, must check the 185. its in the owners manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewisek Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I saw a noticable increase in MPG when I swithced to V Power. Ran it on standard fuel for about 3 weeks when I first bought it, has been running V Power exclusively ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zajc3w Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I saw noticeable increase in price, nothing more on V-power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Used regular unleaded for the first couple of months of ownership. Switched to V power and wouldn't look back. Car is more responsive and seems to run a lot smoother. I have seen a small increase in MPG also but not as much as the price warrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I saw noticeable increase in price, nothing more on V-power. Try a noticeable decrease in right foot, thats the beauty of the higher octane stuff, you don't have to press the pedal as much to get the same amount of beans as you would on the old 95 grade.... Skiny are you talking gen 5?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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