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Teddy

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6th Jan 06 at 16:37

Found this on another forum, its only in Oz atm but with the UK car market being as it is shouldn't be long before it hits our shores, apparently its even better for our environment.....

Shell Optimax Extreme is a new flagship 100 octane fuel successfully formulated with 5% ethanol. This creates a new "super premium" petrol category for the Australian market place.

Ethanol is a renewable non-fossil fuel. It is a cleaner burning component that
helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Through the formulation with ethanol, Shell Optimax Extreme has a substantially lower sulphur and benzene content than other Shell premium fuels. It is formulated to deliver more engine
responsiveness, sharper acceleration and enhanced power in many modern and high performance vehicles. It also has the same engine cleaning qualities as Shell Optimax.

The new fuel has been positively tested in Shell's global laboratory in the UK
and in Australia by industry experts including the motorsport icon, Dick Johnson. Major car manufacturers in Australia have recently endorsed the use of up to 10% ethanol blended fuel in their new vehicles.

Chairman of Shell Companies in Australia, Tim Warren, says, "Shell is committed to ensuring its fuel technology keeps pace with the engine technology being developed by car manufacturers round the world. Shell Optimax Extreme will take fuel technology within the Australian marketplace to a whole new level. It is our first fuel in Australia scientifically formulated with ethanol."

Shell Optimax Extreme complements Shell's comprehensive suite of motor fuels, which includes regular Shell unleaded petrol and Shell Optimax. Any car that can use ethanol-blended fuel can use Shell Optimax Extreme.

The new fuel will be manufactured at Shell's Geelong refinery and is the first
significant advance in unleaded fuel technology since the introduction of Shell
Optimax in 1999.

For more information, see www.shell.com.au/extreme

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by Ian]

broster

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6th Jan 06 at 16:37

should be good, ill look forward to using it

Ben

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6th Jan 06 at 16:40

quote:
Originally posted by broster
should be good, ill look forward to paying £1.50 a ltr

yes your correct

mwg

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6th Jan 06 at 16:41

How much is that going to cost though

J1M

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6th Jan 06 at 16:44

I've heard it's replacing optimax so should be same price as optimax is now.

Jim

broster

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6th Jan 06 at 16:45

cant see the price being too stupid for it...

5chaap2k

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6th Jan 06 at 16:46

in germany they have octane 100 gas for quite some time allready

when going on the nuerburgring i always use superplus100 or vpower100

Scotty_B

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6th Jan 06 at 16:47

Can't wait for the posts from the 1.2 owners claiming its given their car an extra 50bhp.

mwg

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6th Jan 06 at 16:47

quote:
Originally posted by CorSRi_BT
Can't wait for the posts from the 1.2 owners claiming its given their car an extra 50bhp.

51bhp extra in my case actually

LeeM

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6th Jan 06 at 16:55

got ethanol in it, so it might boost power a teeny tiny bit though??

Teddy

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6th Jan 06 at 16:56

the pistons wont take fuel like that for long anyway.

broster

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6th Jan 06 at 16:58

why

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6th Jan 06 at 17:58

You can get 100RON fuel from Tesco already.

Dave A

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6th Jan 06 at 18:00

quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
the pistons wont take fuel like that for long anyway.

J1M

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6th Jan 06 at 18:02

quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
the pistons wont take fuel like that for long anyway.

I'm sure they will be fine Teddy. If this fuel caused severe damage to knacker the pistons do you think they'd be selling it to the public where every man, woman and child can shove it into their off road/MPV/chav mobile?

Jim

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by J1M]

[Edited on 06-01-2006 by J1M]

Nath

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6th Jan 06 at 18:09

quote:
Originally posted by ed
You can get 100RON fuel from Tesco already.

I thought Tesco was 99RON?

John

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6th Jan 06 at 18:10

quote:
Originally posted by Nath

quote:
Originally posted by ed
You can get 100RON fuel from Tesco already.

I thought Tesco was 99RON?

Tesco is indeed 99RON

stuartmitchell

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6th Jan 06 at 18:10

quote:
Originally posted by ed
You can get 100RON fuel from Tesco already.

correct

My garage didnt get it though

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6th Jan 06 at 19:13

Oh, my mistake

simonp

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7th Jan 06 at 13:24

99ron fuel at Tesco, not 100ron Only select outlets too. IE none round here which is a right PITA.

Glad we're getting 100RON, my 300ZXTT is mapped for it. Should go a little better.

m1ke

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7th Jan 06 at 13:38

Ethanol is in that easy start stuff, sprayed it in my car once to get it started and the revas shot up and stayed there for about 2mintues, lol.... so bollocks to using it with some new petrol which got 5% in it, car will be fucked, Ethanol is bad fior your engine !!!

vibrio

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7th Jan 06 at 14:19

nothing new there. drag cars use methanol based fuels.

Gregor

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7th Jan 06 at 14:20

Will this make my 1.2 8v really fast ?

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7th Jan 06 at 14:23

I remember when I had my 51cc motorbike, I put Optimax in it and it made it slower

vibrio

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7th Jan 06 at 14:43

quote:
Originally posted by escortgti.com
Will this make my 1.2 8v really fast ?

will make it feel like a 12v

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