What petrol do you use?

rxboy · Post by **rxboy** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:08 am

I have to agree with Boney. Everyone keeps saying that it's a 60L tank, but I never get anywhere close to that. When my needle is sitting on empty I get about 48L into the tank. I find it hard to believe that there would be room for 12L more.

G1 · Post by G1 » Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:44 am

ive put in 58L, so all your theories out the window goes (is that how yoda says it??) and ive read on numerous websites on that stat,

i think the warning light goes off with about 10L left in the tank

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 1:35 am

it doesnt really matter anywaysif the fto has a 60lt tank.. as if ud drive with a reallly small amount of fuel in the tank

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 4:56 pm

my manual says it has a 60l

MintFTO · Post by **MintFTO** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:21 pm

So does Mine, I just bought an English converted on on eBay

MADFTO · Post by **MADFTO** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:50 pm

Nah it's 60L

I filled up 58.5L once =) Talk about running close =)

indyfto · Post by **indyfto** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:35 am

Officially the tank is 60L but that is probably a minimum level just like when you buy something that is 1.0kg it will most likely be just over 1.0kg in actual weight as it is illegal to sell underweight/undervolume...

I have proven my theory to be correct as I have managed to "squeeze" in 61-62 L once before, probably allowing for a little in the pipe that runs from the filler neck to the actual tank. Although the pump itself could have been out which incidentally would be illegal too if it gave a false reading...

Oh - I use Woolie's Premium "exclusively"

with no problems so far.

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu Jun 05, 2003 10:04 am

and i thought i was really cutting it close with 58.x L!

I hope you guys all know that it's best for the car to fill up as soon as the warning light comes on.

Jono · Post by **Jono** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:08 am

catlex is bringing out some 100ron fuel next year.. should be interesting how much $$?

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:24 am

Jono wrote:catlex is bringing out some 100ron fuel next year.. should be interesting how much $$?

really? 100RON hey? hmmm... this should be interesting... 40psi here we come!!

:D:D

btw, i reckon Optimax has given me something like an extra 40kms more and it gives me smoother power as well. woolies PULP is just plain rubbish and the mileage is not so great either...

MADFTO · Post by **MADFTO** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:02 pm

*laughs* 40psi . . . that's what I run in my tyres =)

Eh, 100 RON would be interesting =) Gonna see a lot more turbo cars boosting higher . . .

Damn.

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:07 pm

hey eric i didn't notice which semi-slicks you were running... are they Falkens, Dunlops, Yokohamas or....??

are you gonna replace those stock wheels for anything at all??

MattG · Post by **MattG** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 3:26 pm

I just noticed at the Shell servo near me whilst filling up:

The two "normal" fuels eg unleaded have a sticker on the pump saying that they contain no ethanol. The optimax pump however does not have this stciker.

M@

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 4:28 pm

....so what does that mean??

SilentBob · Post by **SilentBob** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:43 pm

the sticker fell off??

They have a 'no ethanol' sticker on the premium at my local Shell

SilentBob

Boney · Post by **Boney** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 8:01 pm

Yea.. all Shell Petrol has NO Ethanol... i wouldn't be suprised if caltex and woolys had small traces though..

MattG · Post by **MattG** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:08 pm

Nah the sticker didn't just fall off as there are 3 hoses per pump if that makes sense.

Of the places where the three hose handles rest, only two have stickers next to them - the optimax handle doesn't have this sticker. I noticed this on the other pumps also.

The Optimax site says that Shell does not use Ethanol in its fuels, and as Optimax is a high performance fuel it is unsuitable for mixing with Ethanol.

So I thought that was kind of interesting.

M@

MADFTO · Post by **MADFTO** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:13 am

Falkens, I'm running Falken Rubber.

I'm trying to save up for white P1s . . . series I that is.

However, it's taking a while and I think I'm going to get headers first anyways =P

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 7:55 am

jerrin wrote:The Caltex petrol stations in my home country selling one that is 100octane... so i suppose it is not surprisingly if they are going to sell it in aussie...

p.s. my home country is singapore

well considering the amount of Mercs/BMWs/Jags/Porsches doing the rounds in town over there, they'd need the highest octane possible to keep those suckers running...