Shell V-Power Nitro+

[EnzoMC]

anyone seen or tried this yet ? no mention on RON figures


"Shell V-Power Nitro+, Shell's latest generation of Unleaded and Diesel performance fuels. Designed to start working the instant they hit your engine on deposits that can reduce the performance of your car.

Shell V-Power Nitro+ Unleaded, developed by Shell scientists with our technical partner Ferrari"


Shell V-Power Nitro+ http://www.shell.co.uk/gbr/products.../fuels/vpower/what-is-v-power-nitro-plus.html

 

[Max Swell]

Saw the add outside my local Shell this afternoon and thought it was new....may give it a whirl.

 

[Moz1000]

Yes - as a regular V-power user, I received the invite to try it. Will give it a whirl when/if it turns up at my local Shell outlet.
Moz

 

[bigbob]

Sounds like a new version of Red Bull.

 

[dunnah01]

Sounds like a new version of Red Bull

Sounds like a new version of Bull! - but if you think it's better and are happy to pay apremium to line the oil companies pockets even more deeply then don't let me stop you..

 

[Jetgta]

New Shell nitro + unleaded is a 99 octane RON designed to reduce friction in critical engine areas! Says Shell advertising literature; I have always used Optimax in GS & Alfa GTA.

 

[CatmanV2]

Well, if the advertising literature says it, it *must* be true!


C

 

[EnzoMC]

filled the GS with this and returned later to fill my run-about which also gets v-Power - for the extra pennies didn't think it was worth putting v-power nitro in.

got to the garage only to find all v-power has been replaced - rename a product and sell for more....hmmmm - seem to agree with dunnah01

 

[beau]

yeah its just replaced normal vpower, price has remained the same.

i always use it, in every car i have ever owned, only for the cleaning properties in it, not to gain any power.

 

[dem maser]

I only fill up with esso premium....i find it works best for me

 

[mjheathcote]

I only fill up with esso premium....i find it works best for me

You just like the tiger in your tank!

 

[dem maser]

Ye, your right thats what it is

 

[allandwf]

Keeps thinking back to shell and a trashed Fife Constabulary vauxhall fleet in the eighties. Might let others try first.

 

[SimonM]

must admit I do believe I can notice a difference in responsiveness with shell v power.... perhaps as my ECM is "tuned" to higher octane.... regardless this is only true if the car is warm and being driven hard - a simple one off drag is imperceptible, its the speed at which the "engine" responds to repeated flooring it that "seems" quicker? I wonder!

An important fact though (so I'm told) is that the Octane Additives that get you to 99 (or 97 in most other brands cases) degrade quickly sitting in the tank - after 2 weeks you're back to 95 RON - so unless you're using it immediately there's no real performance gain possible! AND assuming petrol weighs 4/5 that of water, 80 litres is 64 kgs of "weight" you add on fill up.... so adding a full tank of 99 RON compared to running on 95RON fumes in a GS at 1680kgs and 400BHP will cost you approx. 6BHP per ton, before adding back a coupe of assumed BHP from the 99RON fuel.... or put another way, the point at which you're looking for the difference in performance is when it will have no net affect effect compared to how you're were driving 5 mins before.... plus after 2 weeks when you've got a light tank its back to 95 RON anyway!

I think that means the lesson is " the tank should always be half full"!

 

[dem maser]

must admit I do believe I can notice a difference in responsiveness with shell v power.... perhaps as my ECM is "tuned" to higher octane.... regardless this is only true if the car is warm and being driven hard - a simple one off drag is imperceptible, its the speed at which the "engine" responds to repeated flooring it that "seems" quicker? I wonder!

An important fact though (so I'm told) is that the Octane Additives that get you to 99 (or 97 in most other brands cases) degrade quickly sitting in the tank - after 2 weeks you're back to 95 RON - so unless you're using it immediately there's no real performance gain possible! AND assuming petrol weighs 4/5 that of water, 80 litres is 64 kgs of "weight" you add on fill up.... so adding a full tank of 99 RON compared to running on 95RON fumes in a GS at 1680kgs and 400BHP will cost you approx. 6BHP per ton, before adding back a coupe of assumed BHP from the 99RON fuel.... or put another way, the point at which you're looking for the difference in performance is when it will have no net affect effect compared to how you're were driving 5 mins before.... plus after 2 weeks when you've got a light tank its back to 95 RON anyway!

I think that means the lesson is " the tank should always be half full"!

too early for me with the maths....but excellent theory though.....
i only use esso but i never knew about the "use it quickly" i asssumed if you left it in the car itll be the same in a week or month.....thanks for that

 

[ZAM400209]

Thanks for that, Simon M!

Er- what do you do for a living!!??



Hey Allandwf- can you expand on the Fife Constabulary story...?

 

[dem maser]

Thanks for that, Simon M!

Er- what do you do for a living!!??



Hey Allandwf- can you expand on the Fife Constabulary story...?

he is a maths professor for oxford uni.....

 

[SimonM]

haha! Oxford Poly more like.... I'll not a chemical engineer or a V Power salesman though, in case you were wondering!

 

[dem maser]

haha simon.....

 

[midlifecrisis]

Thanks for that, Simon M!

Er- what do you do for a living!!??



Hey Allandwf- can you expand on the Fife Constabulary story...?

If memory serves me right Shell Advance (or whatever it was called) was also responsible for a lot of motorcycles' carburettors clogging up or some issue which was put down to an additive within the fuel, it also killed a few motorcars too, hence the Fife Constabulary remark.