100 Octane - Extreme

[HSVKEV260R8]

Back to the original thread, news from Shell is that Extreme is going to go up to a 7c diff over normal Optimax. Now as to your arguements over what is best and what isn't, I have tried all ethanol blends available in Vic. United's blends, Both the PlusULP 94RON and the Boost98RON have their advantages. In a NA Ecotec, 94RON Plus is smoother and lasts longer. In the LS1 The 98Boost is the smoothest fuel I have ever used! But made little diff to fuel economy. I have just recently driven my Clubby to Queensland along with my fiancees VX1 'S'. (See Fuel Economy Thread in VT-X). The whole trip was done ethanol free as I had a good dose of 14cpl Vouchers from Fly-Buys!! Instead I opted for the 95RON Premium from Shell. Average consumption with headwind on way up - 10.1l/100kms. On way home, little to no tail wind, 9.7l/100kms. Average Speed, 96.7km/h. I also generally found that the LS1 with 3.73 diff and a 6spd will get it's best economy at about 100km/h (av 9.1l/100kms) while it suffers from there on up. As most of the roads in central NSW on the Newell Hwy are 110km/h, I could have done better! But all in consideration and the fact that my first ever Commodore was a VC 3.3l L 4spd Man Sedan, this was great! Bigger car, bigger motor, Same economy. Same conclusion here too on the type of fuel to use in the car. DON'T BELIEVE THE SHELL/BP HYPE ABOUT BETTER ECONOMY ON 98RON's, it doesn't happen!!

 

[J2112]

Back to the original thread, news from Shell is that Extreme is going to go up to a 7c diff over normal Optimax. Now as to your arguements over what is best and what isn't, I have tried all ethanol blends available in Vic. United's blends, Both the PlusULP 94RON and the Boost98RON have their advantages. In a NA Ecotec, 94RON Plus is smoother and lasts longer. In the LS1 The 98Boost is the smoothest fuel I have ever used! But made little diff to fuel economy. I have just recently driven my Clubby to Queensland along with my fiancees VX1 'S'. (See Fuel Economy Thread in VT-X). The whole trip was done ethanol free as I had a good dose of 14cpl Vouchers from Fly-Buys!! Instead I opted for the 95RON Premium from Shell. Average consumption with headwind on way up - 10.1l/100kms. On way home, little to no tail wind, 9.7l/100kms. Average Speed, 96.7km/h. I also generally found that the LS1 with 3.73 diff and a 6spd will get it's best economy at about 100km/h (av 9.1l/100kms) while it suffers from there on up. As most of the roads in central NSW on the Newell Hwy are 110km/h, I could have done better! But all in consideration and the fact that my first ever Commodore was a VC 3.3l L 4spd Man Sedan, this was great! Bigger car, bigger motor, Same economy. Same conclusion here too on the type of fuel to use in the car. DON'T BELIEVE THE SHELL/BP HYPE ABOUT BETTER ECONOMY ON 98RON's, it doesn't happen!!

Hey...u got some pics of your clubby?

any mods?