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From: Albm&ctd on 14 Mar 2010 07:55 One for the self proclaimed egg spurts in aus.cars to ponder :-) http://www.shell.com.au/home/content/aus/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/she ll_vpower/tech_spec/transcript_modeo.html Al -- I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
From: hippo on 14 Mar 2010 19:15 Albm&ctd wrote: > > One for the self proclaimed egg spurts in aus.cars to ponder :-) > > http://fat.ly/2x2y5 > ll_vpower/tech_spec/transcript_modeo.html > > Al Interesting, but absolutely no details: basically, V Power cleans your engine out after unspecified rubbishy fuel has gunked it up. All well & good, but if, for example, they ran it on a fuel producing a specific residue that some additive in V Power happens to dissolve, what would it prove? Just trying to be objective. I also wondered about the final sentence of their last paragraph.... "Shell V-Power is also a higher octane fuel (98 RON). This enhanced octane rating is designed to help provide improvements in power delivery and to help drivers achieve enhanced performance from octane responsive engines. And even vehicles designed for standard octane levels may benefit". -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: John_H on 14 Mar 2010 21:45 Albm&ctd wrote: >One for the self proclaimed egg spurts in aus.cars to ponder :-) > >http://www.shell.com.au/home/content/aus/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/shell_vpower/tech_spec/transcript_modeo.html What, no mention of it cleaning injectors! Obviously way too contentious to claim in print... best left to the company reps to spread that one about. Those who spend the extra 15� will no doubt sleep a lot better knowing their valves are cleaner though! :) -- John H
From: The Raven on 15 Mar 2010 05:33 "hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in message news:hnjqn3$agb$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Albm&ctd wrote: >> >> One for the self proclaimed egg spurts in aus.cars to ponder :-) >> >> http://fat.ly/2x2y5 >> ll_vpower/tech_spec/transcript_modeo.html >> >> Al > > Interesting, but absolutely no details: basically, V Power cleans your > engine out after unspecified rubbishy fuel has gunked it up. All well & > good, but if, for example, they ran it on a fuel producing a specific > residue that some additive in V Power happens to dissolve, what would it > prove? Just trying to be objective. > > I also wondered about the final sentence of their last paragraph.... > > "Shell V-Power is also a higher octane fuel (98 RON). This enhanced octane > rating is designed to help provide improvements in power delivery and to > help drivers achieve enhanced performance from octane responsive engines. > And even vehicles designed for standard octane levels may benefit". The last paragraph is reasonably accurate but, the last sentence is making some rather ambitious assumptions as it implies non-octane responsive engines will somehow benefit. Just how? FWIW I use V-Power exclusively. One car is a company car, I'm not paying... The other car is supercharged and loves high octane fuels. The supercharged vehicle run significant smoother and stronger at WOT from 100kph when running V-Power Racing, which is no longer available from what I can tell.
From: Kev on 15 Mar 2010 09:15
The Raven wrote: > The supercharged vehicle run significant smoother and stronger at WOT from > 100kph when running V-Power Racing, which is no longer available from what I > can tell. Not in QLD anyway they dropped the Vpower Racing loading arm at Pinkenba early 2008 and replaced it with an normal PULP arm(because they picked up the 7-11 supply contract and needed a PULP arm) Kev |