Hi guys!

I thought I'd point out one of the good things about living in Norway - since there are SO many downsides when it comes to cars (I paid 27K USD in 2002 for my 98 ITR).

Shell - one of our larger Oil companies, have come up with a new "racing" formula 95 octane unleaded fuel - to the public. It is available on most Shell stations by now, and I though I'd share a few demonstration videos from Shell's .no page.

Shumacher explaining why he loves the power of the V

http://www.sm.shell.no/Bilist/...s.wmv

Shell gas engineer explaining V-Power fuel

http://www.sm.shell.no/Bilist/...s.wmv

 

how much is gas there? its in Liters right??

 

Cool!! Too bad that higher octane does absolutely nothing for you unless you are pushing insane boost and/or pretty high compression ratios...

 

Or you can add a whole lot of timing.

 

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Do you know what happens when you adjust the timing? Especially when you adjust it out of the stock range? It doesn't sound like you do...

 

Bang!

 

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A lot of things can happen. You can gain power. You can gain throttle response. You can lose power. It can do nothing. And yes it Could go BANG! Depends on how much you advance it.

What do you think they do when the reprogram your ecu? After they reprogram your ecu, they usually say "Must use Premium Fuel" because they advanced your timing.

 

Stock range is 14-18. Reasoning for a higher octane would include insane boost or pretty high compression.

 

Heh, one of my friends is in Svalbard, where he has to watch out for polar bears. According to him, the only good thing about the place is $2 packs of smokes.

 

Svalbard is pretty damn far up north

When it comes to the petro prices, the prices are:

1.173USD pr. litre for regular 95Oct unleaded
1.352USD pr. litre for Shell V-Power 95 Oct unleaded
1.388USD pr. litre for regular 98Oct unleaded

In Norway - there is nothing below 95Oct.

 

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Holy ****...talk about being spoiled.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by strepto &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Svalbard is pretty damn far up north

When it comes to the petro prices, the prices are:

1.173USD pr. litre for regular 95Oct unleaded
1.352USD pr. litre for Shell V-Power 95 Oct unleaded
1.388USD pr. litre for regular 98Oct unleaded

In Norway - there is nothing below 95Oct.</TD></TR></TABLE>
kewl, now can some smart nerd do the conversion to gallons.

 

Wow.. They pay about $5.25 a gallon. I thought we payed alot for fuel here in the U.S.

 

95 octane sucks! who needs V-power? I don't buy it - it's just commercial **** to sell more gasoline...

I need 98 octane or higher for my ITR! Myself envy JDM-land where they got much higher octane than normal in Europe...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by strepto &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Svalbard is pretty damn far up north

When it comes to the petro prices, the prices are:

1.173USD pr. litre for regular 95Oct unleaded
1.352USD pr. litre for Shell V-Power 95 Oct unleaded
1.388USD pr. litre for regular 98Oct unleaded

In Norway - there is nothing below 95Oct.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow thats expensive ****......here in canada you can get 94 octane from sunoco for about 80-90 cents a litre canadian. which is probably about 59-67 cents US a liter.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by strepto &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The ONLY good thing about living in Norway.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm sure there are lots of other good things about living in Norway...

- Beautiful scenery

- Beautiful women

- Fun driving roads

- Not having 1 billion Muslims around the world who want to kill you

Stuff like that.

 

We have 95 octane at the pumps at some stations in Greenville SC. It's about $1.85 a gallon. This is the only gas I run in my ITR.

 

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There are a few pumps down in south Georgia that sell 104 octane

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- Not having 1 billion Muslims around the world who want to kill you
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Wow that was witty

 

wow that is expensive. we have 100octane here that sells for $3.50 (like 2 months ago was the last time i checked)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by genuine &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">95 octane sucks! who needs V-power? I don't buy it - it's just commercial **** to sell more gasoline...

I need 98 octane or higher for my ITR! Myself envy JDM-land where they got much higher octane than normal in Europe... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Japan uses a different octane system than the US.

If you're putting in anything higher than 91 and it's by choice (i.e. I mean your gas station has 93 AND 95 or something like that) , you are wasting your money.

 

We have Shell V-Power 100octane... It`s fine in summer when it`s getting really hot on track.. The more octane you can get, the smaller the risk of engine-knock.

 

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Japan uses a different octane system than the US.

If you're putting in anything higher than 91 and it's by choice (i.e. I mean your gas station has 93 AND 95 or something like that) , you are wasting your money. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I guess the US have a different system than Europe too then, cause all ITRs in Europe needs 98 octan.

 

How Stuff Works: What does octane mean?

Gasoline FAQ: Octane

The United States uses the (RON+MON)/2 formula, properly known as the "antiknock index", for the octane rating on the pump. Other countries may not. There was a reference in the Gasoline FAQ to Europe using just the MON rating rather than the antiknock index.

 

Portugal:

Shell V-Power

BP 100 octane

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Darkteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Portugal:



BP 100 octane

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thats actually what we have. BP 100, but im sure its a bit different