100 Octane? :s

[taz2008]

the car that i have was imported an 1.5 yrs ago..a friend reckons i should be using 100 octane for it :s cuz it needs some upgrading or something..but the only place i know that sells that fuel is in liverpool..farrrr..is it necessary? it was imported by a dealer and sold to the last owner and he sold it to me..im using bp ultimate whenever i can..what should i do?

[Black Widow]

the car that i have was imported an 1.5 yrs ago..a friend reckons i should be using 100 octane for it :s cuz it needs some upgrading or something..but the only place i know that sells that fuel is in liverpool..farrrr..is it necessary? it was imported by a dealer and sold to the last owner and he sold it to me..im using bp ultimate whenever i can..what should i do?

what sort of car is it mate?

[bnr#@]

You should slap your friend and continue using bp ultimate as thats what prety much every import car in australia runs on. Its true that the Japs have 100 octane over there but ultimate 98 is fine

[Bliksem]

As everyone else has said run ultimate or any other 98ron equilvelant (vortex 98 for example)

[taz2008]

its a r33..ya i felt like doin that haha..nah..but ya thats a relief..cheers

[MrStabby]

The only time you'd need to run 100 is if the car had a hardcore jap tune setup to get the most out of the jap fuel. If you have a standard ECU our 98 is fine. Of course you would have noticed the pinging by now if it was a problem.

[EMZ R33]

Mmmmm, ive heard this a few time (what fuel??????)

ATM im using BP 95 RON and its woking fine......was using 98 RON at $1.55/L and thought id give the 95 a try. So far (about 8 months on) its been great, no ping, no rough driving/idling etc.

One fuel id stay clear of though is the ethanol blended ones.........runs rough, stalled my car a few times and simply cheap.

Also, just for piece of mind, ive seen on various nissan skyline fuel caps that we should be using "at least 95 RON unleaded"

Regards, Evan

[Kinks]

my car still pings sometimes on 98RON. on 100RON it is beautiful.

[jimmytim]

I've tried V-Power Racing last year sometime...

You start the car in the morning...the idle just drop to around 500rpm as in wants to die, then it rev's itself...

Use 98ron again, starts normal everytime.

Didn't notice any difference at all.

[r33cruiser]

r33 skylines are built to run on 95ron dude. check under your bonnet there will be a sticker that says "no less than 95ron."

so premium is the minimum, nothing less.

premium 98 would be your best bet.

100 is just unneccassary unless u have changed the timing drastically.

Edited March 4, 2008 by r33cruiser

[Busky2k]

The 100 octane at Shell is basically 98 + 5% ethanol to give it the rating. If you want, just mix it in yourself, generally speaking.