BP 102 Fuel
PH is sent to hand make this potent new track day fuel
BP 102 Fuel at the pumps
Race gear optional when filling up
What makes this fuel a bit different is how it’s made, and with gloves and suit adorned I was ready to make it like all 102 fuel - by hand.
As you may know, fuel is made by breaking crude oil down using massive equipment with odd names such as hydro crackers and catalytic reformers. The problem with this method is that because oil comes from the open market, it has different characteristics with variable carbon structures and hence burns slightly differently from batch to another.
What the BP boffins, led by Jim Cronin at the BP Global Fuels Technology facility have done, is changed this process by making the fuel in reverse order. Literally building a carbon structure that they know burns well instead of being reliant on the one created by breaking down crude oil.
Jim Cronin - Head Boffin
This sample is then taken for analysis to see if I had correctly carried out the process and it was good – good enough to set the recipe list for the next 100,000 litre batch reaching the nine current BP 102 locations near southern race tracks. In other words, buy 102 and you might owe PH for your extra horses…
My new concoction - along with all 102 fuels - has a consistent carbon structure which the man in white coats has worked out gives cleaner combustion at higher revs. This is due to less un-burnt hydro carbons, or in other words more carbons combusted creating more power. They can build it with 6.2% bio component, and make it completely clear, non carcinogenic and good enough to pass FIA regulations to put in your spare F1 car you might have lying around.
The fuel is aimed squarely at racers and the track day enthusiast, although with a southern bias to the places that’ll sell it, you’ll need to be dedicated if you’re to use it regularly. BP reckons the fuel keeps for over 1 year if you fancy turning your garage into a petrol station.
Many high performance cars will see benefits over standard super unleaded fuels without a re-map, but the gains won’t be anything like so big. But if you want to optimise everything on your track day warrior, BP 102 is the forecourt fuel to go for. Wonder if they’ll put it in Gran Turismo 5…
Firstly it states that BP102 will give a Porsche 911 GT2 an extra 100bhp (!!!??!!), and secondly that if you remap the ECU to fully utilise this fuel you'll gain between four and ten percent in power.
That would give the 911 GT2 between 1000 (100 x 10) and 2500 (100 x 25) bhp stock???? Please tell me that's a typo in the first paragraph!!
Firstly it states that BP102 will give a Porsche 911 GT2 an extra 100bhp (!!!??!!), and secondly that if you remap the ECU to fully utilise this fuel you'll gain between four and ten percent in power.
That would give the 911 GT2 between 1000 (100 x 10) and 2500 (100 x 25) bhp stock???? Please tell me that's a typo in the first paragraph!!
Maybe you might want to do those sums again with the aid of a calculator?
Firstly it states that BP102 will give a Porsche 911 GT2 an extra 100bhp (!!!??!!), and secondly that if you remap the ECU to fully utilise this fuel you'll gain between four and ten percent in power.
That would give the 911 GT2 between 1000 (100 x 10) and 2500 (100 x 25) bhp stock???? Please tell me that's a typo in the first paragraph!!
Between 4% and 10% on a GT2 is (roughly - as they increased the BHP on GT2's) between 19bhp - 47bhp. I used 470bhp, earlier GT2's were slightly below this, later ones slightly higher.
R.
instead.... its cheaper, just!!
Firstly it states that BP102 will give a Porsche 911 GT2 an extra 100bhp (!!!??!!), and secondly that if you remap the ECU to fully utilise this fuel you'll gain between four and ten percent in power.
That would give the 911 GT2 between 1000 (100 x 10) and 2500 (100 x 25) bhp stock???? Please tell me that's a typo in the first paragraph!!
Maybe you might want to do those sums again with the aid of a calculator?
Those sums seem right to me!
instead.... its cheaper, just!!
Damn beat me to it.
Was just going to say that for the track, I pour in a bottle of octane booster to a tank of Tesco 99 to give a theoretical 102/3 RON fuel. Regardless, It makes a hell of a difference once you allow the ECU to wake up and smell the Extra Strong Coffee!
Filling up with BP102 would cost me £123 !!!!
Filling up at Tesco and chucking in a bottle of octane booster costs me £51...
Or is there some other additive in the Millers stuff (good stuff by the weay, I enjoy using a couple of bottles (1 bottle treating 25 litres of fuel and my Focus having a 55 litre tank) whenever I'm feeling a bit flush
) that will cause damage to a catalytic convertor? Still don't see how this stuff is worth it other than the marketing hype!
You'll also need a remap, some new injectors and possibly fuel lines, but it might be a better option in the long run, plus with the right setup, you can still use regular unleaded.
Or just go really mad and run your track/race car on E100 if you never run it on the road.
LPG is another high octane fuel, though ideally you need to up the compression to actually get the benefit
Looks like a no brainer to me.
Oh...and before somebody says....'Oh, but the BP Fuel is cleaner and..and..and..' You're talking a load of old B0ll0x,get real!!
Oh...and before somebody says....'Oh, but the BP Fuel is cleaner and..and..and..' You're talking a load of old B0ll0x,get real!!
Come now Scoob, no need sit on the fence
with my build i couldn't even get on the fence let alone sit on it (ooohh my hems), but i have a cat that can 
Or is there some other additive in the Millers stuff (good stuff by the weay, I enjoy using a couple of bottles (1 bottle treating 25 litres of fuel and my Focus having a 55 litre tank) whenever I'm feeling a bit flush
) that will cause damage to a catalytic convertor? Still don't see how this stuff is worth it other than the marketing hype!
Millers 'Octane Plus' is the stuff to use for continuous use with cats. One 250ml bottle allegedly adds 1.6 RON (16 points) to 50 litres of fuel. So Shell V-Power (c.99 RON) can be increased to c.100.6 RON.
The alternative - and this is what I use in my '93 WRX - is Nitrous Formula's 'NF Race Formula'. One 300ml bottle is good for 6 RON to 60 litres and it's recommended by many tuners to add 100ml (2 RON) to 50 litres. Should bring V-Power to c.101 RON... These products are ideal for JDM cars with OEM ECUs (especially for turbo'd cars - keeps possible detonation at bay due to an otherwise lower than required octane number of 98/99 RON)
- Millers 'Octane Plus'... 250ml bottle, 1.6 RON, c.£4.00
- NF 'Race Formula'....... 300ml bottle, 6.0 RON, c.£14.70 / 100ml = 2 RON = c.£ 4.90
... Not difference like for like!
Firstly it states that BP102 will give a Porsche 911 GT2 an extra 100bhp (!!!??!!), and secondly that if you remap the ECU to fully utilise this fuel you'll gain between four and ten percent in power.
That would give the 911 GT2 between 1000 (100 x 10) and 2500 (100 x 25) bhp stock???? Please tell me that's a typo in the first paragraph!!
Maybe you might want to do those sums again with the aid of a calculator?
Those sums seem right to me!
Uhhhhh. 911 GT2 has what - 520hp (could well be wrong). 520 + 100 = 620. Remap the ECU and get an additional four (620 x 1.04 = 644.8) to ten(620 x 1.10 = 682). I'm not what you two have been smoking...
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