A lot of cars are made to run on super like the new clio sport I think runs on super and a lot of Jap cars, doesn't need to be high performance to run on super

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The Fat Fake Xr2i

im willing to bet this 1.5 isnt made to run on it though

You don't know do you doesn't matter what engine capacity it is starlet turbos run on super and there 1.3

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The Fat Fake Xr2i

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my point was the smaller the engine the less likely the company is to bother with the extra effort

I would say more the lessor power the less likely they are to bother (which does generally go hand in hand with engine size)

I would say its usually 200bhp+ cars which may benefit.

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yea my point exactly

lary cams, big turbo and brillaint fuel systems mainly demand the higher octain stuff, infact they cant run without them in most cases

My mum has one of these, a nice car mate, a little boxy but they are fun and look slightly like glanzas from the front, well my mums does cos she always has her fogs on.

As for the fuel, you don't need anything more than 95 octane in these, the reason starlets and other jap cars are meant to run on Vpower is that they are JDM imports and over in Japan the ECU is programmed to run on the 100 octane fuel they have, the nearest we have over here is VPower at 99 octane, so that is what should be used. With this being a UKDM car though and not an import its designed to run on standard 95 octane fuel.

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tesco momentum

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

By all means all cars will benefit to a point as it is better quality fuel but in general cars need to be mapped to run higher octane fuel to which most UK spec models aren't.

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I think you should swap bumpers with his mum that way she can't have her fogs on all the time when its not foggy dammit!

I still refuse to believe any car under about 200bhp will run any better on higher octane fuel if not mapped for it.

It doesn't gain HP, maybe MPG but your paying for the extra !

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just looked on the fuel flap now and theres a little sticker which says...

'please use a gasoline with an octane rating of 98 or higher' on it.

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

bah!

Fair enough, but in that case all quoted power figures will be based on 98ron fuel, so there will be nothing to gain, just something to lose using 95ron.

Good stuff.

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my focus st did 5mpg better on super, but thats different

well it seems to be using a lot more of the 95 octane than it normally does on the higher octane stuff.

so i do think its better using higher octane.

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

its interesting these kinda things

its just down to if your willing to pay more for it really, im personally not lol

i dont mind paying a bit more to make it run and perform better.

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Suzuki Ignis Sport - ITG Maxogen - Japspeed 4-1 - Decat - 2" custom single box Scorpion exhaust 3" tip - Magnecor leads - Air con Removed - Apex 35mm springs - OMP Strut brace - Whiteline rear arb - EBC Greenstuff front pads - MTEC grooved/drilled discs - Team Dynamics Pro rally 15X6J ET28 - Toyo tyres - Rallyflapz - Black lamps - Smoked repeaters - Sparco pedals - Stripped 40kgs rear interior
125.4BHP 126.6LBFT

its a balance off -

say its 5p more a litre

40 litre tank = £2 more for super

But if you do 3-4mpg more on super thats 40 miles a tank nearly which is more then £2 so in theory you are saving