fuel type
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churcherj
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most people will tell you its best to run on 99 octane fuel, i.e tesco 99 or vpower is most commonly used and works well. personally i wouldnt touch normal unleaded 95 as my car runs crap on it but its up to you! imo i also think performance is slightly better with 99 octane such a vpower, over regulary 95 octane.
churcherj
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i use shell V power or texeco high octane, on the odd ocation super unleaded but not regular crappy unleaded as it wont like it much mate, just run the best you can afford with the most "RON" in it
x2^^^ i normally use tesco 99 super, and i put in 95 the other day and it idled really horribley! wouldnt say i noticed a massive difference performance wise but it definately feels sluggish...if that makes sense lol
churcherj
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i would just say that in japan they have far higher quality fuel than in the UK, i believe they have 100 ron as their basic unleaded, so it would make sense to run on our premium stuff over here, as its had higher octane fuel for most of its life! imo its worth paying the extra 5p a litre or so to know im filling up with slightly better fuel, whether it acutally is i will never know lol
The Last Streetfighter
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http://www.cars-directory.net/specs/toyota/starlet/1996_1/4694/
8.2 compression ratio and spec says Unleaded Regular Gasoline.
If you advance the timing more than the standard 10 deg (15 or so) or your engine is pinging under load, then you should use 95 or 98 RON.
If you have not done either of those things, the car should run fine on 91 RON.
8.2 compression ratio and spec says Unleaded Regular Gasoline.
If you advance the timing more than the standard 10 deg (15 or so) or your engine is pinging under load, then you should use 95 or 98 RON.
If you have not done either of those things, the car should run fine on 91 RON.