E30Zone chip petrol question
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Pikey
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Are the chips designed for normal 95RON petrol? Or do you have to use 97/98/99RON Super?
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d6dph
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I believe they are all 95 ron, best person to ask is Ant.

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Jon_Bmw
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Considering as it doesn't have knock sensors it makes no difference whether you put 95/97/99 in. It will work fine on 95 ron fuel.
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320Touring
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too true dude. anything above 91 octane and she's goodJon_Bmw wrote:Considering as it doesn't have knock sensors it makes no difference whether you put 95/97/99 in. It will work fine on 95 ron fuel.
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Pikey
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So that means I could get even more benefit from a chip specifically designed for use with higher octane fuel?Jon_Bmw wrote:it makes no difference whether you put 95/97/99 in. It will work fine on 95 ron fuel.
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320Touring
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No, it means, that unless your car is fitted with a MAF control system that van be mapped for a given octane rating, you'll recieve no benefit from spending more of your hard earned on "super" unleadedPikey wrote:So that means I could get even more benefit from a chip specifically designed for use with higher octane fuel?Jon_Bmw wrote:it makes no difference whether you put 95/97/99 in. It will work fine on 95 ron fuel.
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Pikey
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Ok, how does the ecu know how much fuel to put in then?
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320Touring
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Thats what the big Black box behind the air filter is for. Measures the airflow, and sends signal to ECU, that coupled with throttle position tells ecu fuel required.Pikey wrote:Ok, how does the ecu know how much fuel to put in then?
As said before- speak to ANT about this- he can go into much more detail, if you have any specific questions related to fuelling, or engine management
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Pikey
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ps please forgive all the n00b questions 
