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 Oct 28, 2006 - 2:36 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Feb 19, '05 From leicester, England Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Hi guys,
Wot are the fuel octane rates over there with you? Over there in the UK we can get 95,97, 98, and 99 octane depending on the garage used. I ve just put a Beams engine in my Celica and run 98 Shell fuel (called V POWER) the engine is a Import straight from Japan. i know they run higher octane there and i thought you run lower octane over with you. So what fuel do you run imports on? how do get around not being able to get 100 octane like in Japan? I know this thread has a few questions. I am genuinely interested. Kev -------------------- Gen 6 Celica in Red with VVTI Beams engine, lowered 40mm, front and rear strut braces, asia tec 17 inch alloys, avon ZZ2 tyres, Rage Back box and a decat, JDM rear lights, red bits on the dash and clock shroud and a DVD player.
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Oct 28, 2006 - 2:52 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 8, '06 From Irvine Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The rating method for US gas is different than for Europe. Your 100 octane is close to our 94. Our 100 octane is around 108 to 110 there. Its rare but we can find 100 octane here in cali, but we have 87.89.91, and its not even good gas its like water, harsh for turbo cars. |
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Oct 28, 2006 - 2:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 19, '05 From leicester, England Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i lived in Germany and i know they has 91 octane there and its as good as water the engines pink(dont know if ya get what i mean here) all the time.
why is our Octane rating different i m confused even more now! I thought octane was octane a chemical term http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating But thanks for the post. Kev -------------------- Gen 6 Celica in Red with VVTI Beams engine, lowered 40mm, front and rear strut braces, asia tec 17 inch alloys, avon ZZ2 tyres, Rage Back box and a decat, JDM rear lights, red bits on the dash and clock shroud and a DVD player.
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Oct 28, 2006 - 4:33 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 28, '04 From FLA USA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
QUOTE(UKcelicaKev @ Oct 28, 2006 - 3:59 PM) [snapback]497084[/snapback] i lived in Germany and i know they has 91 octane there and its as good as water the engines pink(dont know if ya get what i mean here) all the time. why is our Octane rating different i m confused even more now! I thought octane was octane a chemical term http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating But thanks for the post. Kev The measuring systems are different. You use RON (Research Octane Number) over there Here we use PON (Pump Octane Number) which is an average of RON and MON (Motor Octane Number) PON = (RON + MON)/2 , a.k.a. (R+M)/2 http://www.btinternet.com/~madmole/Reference/RONMONPON.html -------------------- _Gary
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Oct 28, 2006 - 5:16 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 19, '05 From leicester, England Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Well thanks Gary. great link.
mm does this answer my question i dont know. so with the differences on PON RON MON etc what do you run in my money? Kev -------------------- Gen 6 Celica in Red with VVTI Beams engine, lowered 40mm, front and rear strut braces, asia tec 17 inch alloys, avon ZZ2 tyres, Rage Back box and a decat, JDM rear lights, red bits on the dash and clock shroud and a DVD player.
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Oct 29, 2006 - 4:17 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 29, '03 From lynn,ma Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
most turbo car and sporty cars here run on 93 or higher. give better engine performance and all. so your safest bet is run it on the best fuel or 1 below the best if it's a beams engine. I could be wrong but that's what i am guessing
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Oct 29, 2006 - 8:24 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 9, '05 From green springs ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
i run 94 here in ohio but i can only find it at a very few gas pumps, i would say run as high octane as you can find for your beams
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