Peugeot enthusiasts asked my choice of fuel for myPeugeot 308 and whether I'm using V-Power.
I do not have any credible proof that V-Power actually works wonder on normal cars that we drive daily. I found a website/forum mentions that Shell V-Power conforms to RON97 or better...while other website says Shell V-Power is actually RON-95 fuel with certain additives!
According to the company website V-Power is a unique formulation that was developed as a Formula-1 technical partner to a well known team. It says V-Power is a totally redesigned petrol - not just one that’s been enhanced with additives.
The report added that with the help of the team and a multiple F1 World Champion, they'd proved V-Power’s supreme performance on the race-track and was surprised at the marginal difference in performance [Milli-seconds time difference is significant in F1 lap timings]
After some literature researches, I found no further technical explanation describing the advantage of V-Power for normal cars though.
As I said earlier, probably V-power has a few milli-seconds advantage lap time over conventional fuel- but insignificant for normal cars which can tolerate seconds if not minutes to arrive at destinations. And remember that F1 engines run at extreme temperatures and rev-up around 20,000rpm! I doubt most normal road running cars are hot enough to burn V-power fuel efficiently.
One can identify whether V-Power or hi-RON fuel is suitable for the car by just looking at the tail pipes. If excessive black soot present then the fuel used might be too high octane or the car had been running cold. On the other hand, if the engine knocks it means higher octane [RON] is required.
For time being myPeugeot 308 only use RON-97 and will be using RON-95 for daily driving when the later is available. Nevertheless RON-97 still be used on long distance high-speed, hi-rev spirited driving. Read RON 95 vs RON97.
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FLOATED PRICE OF RON 97 AND INTRODUCTION OF RON 95 PETROL IN MALAYSIA
THE price of premium grade petrol RON 97 will be floated according to international oil prices from September 2009. It is understood that oil companies had briefed their retailers that there would also be changes to grades of fuel sold at pumps.
Several retailers said the “regular” grade RON 92 fuel would be phased out and a new grade, RON 95, would be introduced, in addition to RON 97. The retailers said there would be a subsidy on the price of RON 95 fuel used by a majority of cars in Malaysia. Today RON-95 is available at selected Petronas stations in Klang Valley selling at RM1.75/liter.
Diesel would also be upgraded to European standards, most probably the Euro 2, allowing the introduction of more vehicle models with advanced diesel engines in Malaysia, they added. While it remains below the Euro 4M class of diesel fuel, the Euro 2 diesel has significantly lower sulphur content.
Petronas is also expected to lead the way in selling biodiesel fuel. The other oil companies are expected to follow later.
Malaysia spent some RM40.5 billion on fuel subsidies from 2005 to last year. The government has been working on a formula to reduce the amount of government subsidy on petrol while keeping negative impact from the swaying international crude oil prices to the minimum. The retailers said it was also possible that taxes imposed on the premium grade fuel would be used to subsidise the RON 95 price.
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So, what’s your choice of fuel for yourPeugeot 308, and why?
Share your comment please.
I do not have any credible proof that V-Power actually works wonder on normal cars that we drive daily. I found a website/forum mentions that Shell V-Power conforms to RON97 or better...while other website says Shell V-Power is actually RON-95 fuel with certain additives!
According to the company website V-Power is a unique formulation that was developed as a Formula-1 technical partner to a well known team. It says V-Power is a totally redesigned petrol - not just one that’s been enhanced with additives.
The report added that with the help of the team and a multiple F1 World Champion, they'd proved V-Power’s supreme performance on the race-track and was surprised at the marginal difference in performance [Milli-seconds time difference is significant in F1 lap timings]
After some literature researches, I found no further technical explanation describing the advantage of V-Power for normal cars though.
As I said earlier, probably V-power has a few milli-seconds advantage lap time over conventional fuel- but insignificant for normal cars which can tolerate seconds if not minutes to arrive at destinations. And remember that F1 engines run at extreme temperatures and rev-up around 20,000rpm! I doubt most normal road running cars are hot enough to burn V-power fuel efficiently.
One can identify whether V-Power or hi-RON fuel is suitable for the car by just looking at the tail pipes. If excessive black soot present then the fuel used might be too high octane or the car had been running cold. On the other hand, if the engine knocks it means higher octane [RON] is required.
For time being myPeugeot 308 only use RON-97 and will be using RON-95 for daily driving when the later is available. Nevertheless RON-97 still be used on long distance high-speed, hi-rev spirited driving. Read RON 95 vs RON97._____________________________________
FLOATED PRICE OF RON 97 AND INTRODUCTION OF RON 95 PETROL IN MALAYSIA
THE price of premium grade petrol RON 97 will be floated according to international oil prices from September 2009. It is understood that oil companies had briefed their retailers that there would also be changes to grades of fuel sold at pumps.
Several retailers said the “regular” grade RON 92 fuel would be phased out and a new grade, RON 95, would be introduced, in addition to RON 97. The retailers said there would be a subsidy on the price of RON 95 fuel used by a majority of cars in Malaysia. Today RON-95 is available at selected Petronas stations in Klang Valley selling at RM1.75/liter.
Diesel would also be upgraded to European standards, most probably the Euro 2, allowing the introduction of more vehicle models with advanced diesel engines in Malaysia, they added. While it remains below the Euro 4M class of diesel fuel, the Euro 2 diesel has significantly lower sulphur content.Petronas is also expected to lead the way in selling biodiesel fuel. The other oil companies are expected to follow later.
Malaysia spent some RM40.5 billion on fuel subsidies from 2005 to last year. The government has been working on a formula to reduce the amount of government subsidy on petrol while keeping negative impact from the swaying international crude oil prices to the minimum. The retailers said it was also possible that taxes imposed on the premium grade fuel would be used to subsidise the RON 95 price.
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So, what’s your choice of fuel for yourPeugeot 308, and why?
Share your comment please.
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7 comments:
Will test out all before can comment. Have not tested Vpower yet however our Vpower are also ron97?? .. Xpower at KL cos did not see in penang?
"Believe it or NOT" V-power octane rating can be as low as 95.2 only eventhough some website claims it is RON-97 or higher. Read here:
http://www.shell.com/static/nz-en/downloads/shell_for_motorists/fuels/v-power_95_tds.pdf
wow, good finding! And they charge an arm and leg for it.
Marketing... marketing strategy using Formula-1 and Ferrari namelah Verm.
Our cars are neither of them.. so never expect to perform like one when using X-Power. Ordinary RON-95 and RON-97 are good enough oredy. One full tank can go KL-Butterworth-KL w/o refuelling [driving leisurely using auto cruise w/o exceeding speed limits].
lets now try the RON95 and determine if its worth using it or shall we maintain back to RON97 in september
Hmm.... interesting argument. I believe I will be using RON 95 for normal driving and the rest like Uncle D said ! :-D
uncleD,
How come V-Power is yellow? As I remember, when it first launch, the fuel visual color was Blue, I fill up on a bottle before. I'm not sure if it has change it's color?
Anyway, I'm experiencing black soot at tail pipe with Petronas Primax 3, recently test 2 tank of V-Power, also same having black soot.
So far, I've tried Petronax, Caltex, BHP, Shell Super and Shell V-Power. I find Petronas has best FC but have more rough starting issues. Whenever I switch to another Fuel, I notice my FC recorded additional 1L/100KM!
Any ideas? Anyway, FC is another story, I think I'm more worried about carbon build up and also avoid pinging.
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