And you thought £1 per litre was expensive??

[GSI_Daz]

Auto Express said:

Who wants to put 'regular' petrol in their tank when they can fill up with the same type of fuel that powers Jenson Button's F1 car? BP has just launched a new 102-octane fuel designed specifically to satisfy the needs of speed-lovers, track day goers and privateer motorsport teams. The formula is similar to that used in F1 and the World Rally Championship, and it's available at selected forecourts - but at a whopping £2.42 a litre, it is not cheap.

Bloody hell! I am sure it is good, but £2.42 a litre?

[Marki]

well in a couple of years that will be normal mate

[stevieturbo]

And in 5 years, the US will have bought all the oil, or else invaded every country with oil so they can take it.

[oe_cosgrove]

A cheaper way is to add Millers Octane Booster (the only one I have found that really does work and you can feel it too!) to super unleaded to get around 102-103 octane. I use CVL as no cats on my HSV but there is a version you can use with cats.

www.millersoils.net/index2.html

[eliot]

oe_cosgrove said:

A cheaper way is to add Millers Octane Booster (the only one I have found that really does work and you can feel it too!) to super unleaded to get around 102-103 octane. I use CVL as no cats on my HSV but there is a version you can use with cats. www.millersoils.net/index2.html

Funny you should mention that, because i dropped a email to someone who drag races (will remain nameless) who said that they wouldn't use it and would stick to miller boost too.

[308mate]

With standard compression ratios and so on, is jo-average going to see much benefit from this stuff? If so, I might whack some in the bike and see what happens. I know a bit of octane booster in some BP98 used to make a noticeable difference but that was a carb model R1. Wondered if Fi will compensate for the higher octane to take advantage of the higher RON or just negate it altogether?

PB

[oe_cosgrove]

308mate said:

With standard compression ratios and so on, is jo-average going to see much benefit from this stuff? If so, I might whack some in the bike and see what happens. I know a bit of octane booster in some BP98 used to make a noticeable difference but that was a carb model R1. Wondered if Fi will compensate for the higher octane to take advantage of the higher RON or just negate it altogether? PB

If you are referring to Millers Octane Booster you will get conflicting replies from many people........except users I use it in all my cars and used it in a Blackbird and Hyabusa. The difference can be felt. One of the biggest surprises is that if you bother to check MPG it actually increases when you use it. Being a sad git () I recorded distance covered from 2 consecutive tanks without booster and then with booster on an HSV. Got 40 miles-ish more per tank with booster despite not using my right foot 'economically' LOL! I suggest the stuff actually pays for itself!

[booster]

oe_cosgrove said:

...I recorded distance covered from 2 consecutive tanks without booster and then with booster on an HSV.

Glad to be of service.

I'll get my coat.