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Your injectors can clog up due to bad fuel but I dont know about them physically breaking because it.

I only ever use BP Ultimate, or if I cant get BP I use Mobil Synergy and have never had a problem with either of them, I have used Caltex and Shell in the past but my engine didnt like them as much (especially shell), I got less Km's from a tank and it felt sluggish and unresponsive, the engine pinged few times at high revs while using Shell.

I have a bit of a bias opinion though, my car has a Power FC computer and 550cc injectors (along with some other goodies) and it was dyno tuned using BP Ultimate.

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Agree with Bullet. I make special trips into canberra for BP Ultimate :) and if i cant get that then Mobil 8000. There was some testing done (am looking for the post on the forums) of the major petrol companies (BP, Shell, Mobil, Caltex) to show the RON of their high performance petrols and BP, Mobil and Shell came out on top with 98s and 97s, think vortex was around 95

Skylines should only be run on a minimum of 95 RON

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I could be wrong, but I believe Mobil actually uses BP Ultimate for its Synergy8000, but makes its own other fuels. This is just a rumour and I have nothing to back it up, except that they are coincidently both excelent fuels.

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fuel injectors can be harmed by wrong fuel, I have no proof but there are additives in some fuel that will eat the rubber out on some older cars!!!

Stick with most 98 ron stuff and you will be fine, BP and Caltex for the win

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they all do the same thing. only changes when the octane changes. my car runs the same on all the 98 octane fuels. notice a big difference when i use the V-power racing, which is 100+ octane....

Incorrect... Remember that your car still has standard injectors, standard fuel pump and standard computer, when you replace all these for after market / higher flowing items and you have it much more hard tuned than factory you find that the engine becomes very picky about what you put into it.

Mine ran very bad on Shell and almost as bad on Caltex but BP and Mobil are great, so thats enough evidence for me.

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i dont think that shell optimax (yes i'm still old school) is too bad.

haha I went to a shell the other week for the first time in ages (cos I had to) & was looking for the blue pumps... couldnt work out WTF was going on :D

but yeah, i always use BP normally :O

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