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Hey guys i have been looking for this V power racing fuel for a while now and the car definately runs better.

Thought i would share the location with others if you dont already know.

Northside of Brisbane - Shell Sangate Rd Virgina.

If anyone else knows of other locations list them here :thumbsup: .

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Hey guys i have been looking for this V power racing fuel for a while now and the car definately runs better.

Thought i would share the location with others if you dont already know.

Northside of Brisbane - Shell Sangate Rd Virgina.

If anyone else knows of other locations list them here :thumbsup: .

How much per litre Sub?

It does look to be the fuel of choice. Have you read the article on the MoTeC site: http://www.motec.com.au/fueltest/index.htm

I know a few track day guys who are switching to it.

Yeah interesting facts, some good info. I actually saw that episode on the testing and since then have been looking for it.

Finally found it thanks to my old man who found it by mistake.

Thats why i think its good to list other locations for people who have been looking for it.

The car runs alot better.

i got some of this at the shell on hawthorn rd, brisbane yesterday i was surprised to see they didnt have any normal premium in there, well not that i saw anyway. (didnt look to hard though) payed $1.44.9

Is that the first time you have used it, did you notice a difference.

hmmm i always favoured shell stuff (optimax prior to v power) cos that's what they use for the v8 supercars (shell makes them one big batch at the start of every season and they all draw from the same batch to keep things stable) or at least they used to.

so when i bought my skyline (all of about 3 months ago) i took it straight to shell and filled her up and she felt great. but then the second tank felt like shit. so i switched over to caltext vortex with mixed results.

maybe i'll give shell another go....

edit: are all v-power's 100 octane?? i think, but can't be sure that the one i used was 98??? Hungry Jacks over the highway from mudgeeraba on the goldy if anyone knows.

Edited by made_guy
Today i payed $1.45L i think thats a fairly stable price as normal fuel was only $1.16L

yeah it is a bloody good fuel but i refuse to pay for them now...the price used to change as the pump price changes, but now because the market is so special, no matter how cheap the normal petrol is, the price for v power racing will be set at 145c per litre...rip off if you ask me..i can stay on V power untill the special occasion comes

to add the location,

Shell Albany Creek ( on the way to Mt Glorious :sorcerer: )

Shell on Coro Drvie neae Wesley Hospital

and yeah the fuel is great for my car been running on it for 3-4 months straight, only just came off to v power and already notice the diference..

the ethanol is good in a way, as it cleans everything in the engine as it gets passed through. Its almost as good as having water injection except its in the fuel. However because its partially made up by ethanol the fuel isnt as dense and it also burns leaner, so when being tuned it needs to be richened up abit in comparison to normal fuel. By all means you should get a little less economy from a tank because of this. However it does have a higher octane rating, so it sort of works itself out. Think of it like methanol, it burns lean and cold, thats why you need to squirt 2.2 times as much over std fuel. But the octane rating of it is astronomical.

Thats how i see how the ethanol helps, whether its right or not is beyond me.

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