cheeko83

HI AFTER RECENTLY BUYING MY IMPORT WRX IVE BN TOLD A FEW DIFFRENT THINGS BOUT WHICH IS BEST FOR MY CAR JST WONDERD IF ANY1 COULD HELP OUT WITH THIS.CHEERS

PICKLE

Either are a good fuel.

Preference

1. V-Power
2. Tesco 99

Use either of them as a must. Don't use under 98Ron if you can help it.

andythejock01wrx

V Power.

Terminator X

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For Jap imports you need to get close to 100 Ron fuel so I use T99 as it's higher rated than V Power, I think

TX.

myblackwrx

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What year is your import cheeko83?

scooby-power

iv used tesco 99 since owning my93 wrx import and in my fiat coupe 20vt befor i got the scooby , found it pretty good

Tone Loc

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As above, year is important. Early phase 1 cars (MY93/94 etc) were around in Japan before they had 100RON so its not that import... i ran my old MY93 WRX for 2 years on 95RON, it lasted me another 4 years after that on super (i used any) and is still going strong. Phase 2 cars (MY99/00) i'd run on the best fuel you can find in your area, V Power or T99.

Tony.

esxboy1

i run my97 sti on tescos 99 runs lovely, v power is **** fuel!!! runs like a bag of ****e on that

Phildodd06

I run mine on v power dont seem 2 have any problems with it
MY99 Type-R

KINGTIGER

I always use T99 because its the only avaiable fuel in my area. Only had car two weeks but so far so good touch wood.

knobby_2000

I used Tesco99 when I first got the Impreza.... but after reading here that most seem to use V-Power I have moved over to that and found it to be great.... the pickup on the car seems to have improved slightly over the Tesco fuel, even the wife said the car felt better when she drove it and she wouldn't have a clue what fuel was in it!


Dont consider BP Ultimate its pants IMO

tufty72

v power is 99 ron the same as tesco 99 ron.
I trust shell more than a supermarket for my fuel.

simonbb1328

I have a 07 hawkeye wrx. At first I used tesco 99 and then Vpower. Vpower is 1p a litre more but worth it, the pickup is alot better and when I used Tesco 99 I was geeting around 20-30 miles less per tank. IMHO Vpower has a better pickup and the engine feels alot smoother

myblackwrx

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Obviously because Tesco make their own fuel

Greenergy International Ltd make Tescos fuel.

richie001

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i use v power

l33 griff

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v power the best stuff. depends what its mapped for. i wouldnt put any thing else in mine.

dynamix

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Recent testing of mine:

Same map on the ECU.
Same Wideband O2 sensor

Tesco 99 shows 11.16 AFR
Vpower shows 10.8:1 AFR

Tesco is blended with 5% bioethanol to raise the octane along with other benefits but from what I read it is blended on a lower quality base fuel to Shell VPower.

I think the short answer about which is best depends on what your car is mapped for.

If it is mapped on vpower and you then run tesco 99 it will be leaning and may not like it.

If it is mapped on Tesco 99 and you run vpower it will run richer and you probably wont notice a difference.

I have to be honest and say I cannot notice a difference in either performance or ecomony with either fuel, nor knocking or any kind of retardation on the ecu though countless hours of datalogging.

I just wouldnt put anything in apart from these two unless desperate or using scottimax

esxboy1

i think thats my problem i think my power fc is mapped to tescos thats why my car runs like **** and im getting nock

scoobie_girl

i have a L reg import and i run that on vpower

F1 CJE UK

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1. V-Power
2. Tesco 99
3. keep looking 4 the above ...

both seem good but i would not use tesco long term with out using v power to clean

sarahscooby

i use v power lasts a bit longer( depends on how much you drive) and is better for your car

ukscooby2000

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v-power @ 1.10p litre