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Butler
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5th Mar 06 at 00:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Was planning on filling my car with Optimax today as I was informed it would do me favours, could only find a garage open selling Super Unleaded so I filled up. Just wondering what the differences are in the two, and whether I should notice any difference in using them at all.
iceman
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5th Mar 06 at 00:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ur only notice a difference if u have a turbo charged car oh a highly modified n/a which is mapped for super
Butler
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5th Mar 06 at 00:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Aaaah. Cant remember where I read Optimax is good in Rallyes or something lol.
mav
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5th Mar 06 at 01:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I use optimax in mine all the time and the once i didn't use it it ran like a bag of spanners..

is a turbo though so................
Butler
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5th Mar 06 at 01:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by mav
is a turbo though so................

Yeah yeah we know
Sam
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5th Mar 06 at 01:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Got slightly better MPG in the Astra with Optimax, but no difference in performance.
mav
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5th Mar 06 at 02:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Butler
quote:
Originally posted by mav
is a turbo though so................

Yeah yeah we know


JayC
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5th Mar 06 at 08:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My car runs smoother on optimax and as mentioned better MPG, but thats in a vectra SRi 150.
FlamingCorsa
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5th Mar 06 at 08:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
in my astra turbo i ran it on optmax and was the best, few times i ran it on BP ultimate next best thing and was not as good but ok! optmax was best tho, not sure if u notice difference on smaller power car tho, prob good for engine tho running it on optmax
whitter45
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5th Mar 06 at 09:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I ran optimax for 6 months and it was so much better then BP

Seemed to run better etc

Now use Tesco 99RON which is even better
deanmcreynolds26
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5th Mar 06 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
always used optimax with the LET, even on the valver as it seemed to run better! IMHO!
Sam
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5th Mar 06 at 09:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know it doesn't exactly have an engine to write home about (X14XE) but in my Astra I have tried Optimax, BP SUL, and Tesco SUL, and Optimax seemed like the only one that gave noticable difference in MPG. There may have been a slightly performance benefit as well, but that was probably psychological!
whitter45
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5th Mar 06 at 09:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Only get better performance if your engine has a knock sensor to adjust its timing
Sam
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Mine has a knock sensor. Engine is still shit though!
vibrio
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5th Mar 06 at 10:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
optmax will clean better than normal if you believe the hype. not I run diesel I don't really care


shell ultra though
Kano
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5th Mar 06 at 10:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Butler, I used to use optimax in the rallye, makde mine run a bit smoother.. Supposed to be good for the rallyes because there high revving engines..
GTi runs on it now too...

Oh and it smells ace!
Mark Petty
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5th Mar 06 at 10:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my 172 runs on it. Its alot smoother and it is the recommended fuel for the car as it states it on the cap 98 ron
Dave A
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5th Mar 06 at 11:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
look here:http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=258303



[Edited on 05-03-2006 by corsa808]
gsimark
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5th Mar 06 at 11:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my baby runs better on bp ultimate than optimax gets a bit lumpy.
Robbo
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5th Mar 06 at 12:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I must start using Optimax but the only Shell garage I can think of iss 10 miles down the road
Lisa
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5th Mar 06 at 12:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
normal unleaded has octane of 95
super unleaded and optimax have 97+
and tesco are now doing one with 99+

my evo should run on as near to 100 octane as possible as thats what they have in Japan so i run it on bp ultimate or optimax with an additive addedd to.

Most english spec engines unless higly modded should run ok on normal uinleaded as this is what they were designed on.........in saying that the corsa runs a lot better on it cos you can turn the boost up more...........hope this helps
Robbo
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5th Mar 06 at 12:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Whats the difference between Optimax and regular Super Unleaded?
Dave A
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5th Mar 06 at 12:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
standard 'normal' car = unleaded
tuned, turbo or performance car = optimax or equivalent

and when i say tune I dont mean an induction kit and backbox

i found my 1.6 on tb's is a lot better on optimax and my 1.4 16v sport if fine on cheapo asda stuff.
cunningham
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5th Mar 06 at 12:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i only use optimax just abit more cleaner, i felt a performance gain as it i was alot smoother in running
Cybermonkey
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5th Mar 06 at 13:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i use 101RON Shell Optimax Extreme. its good shit

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