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1 SLY 97EL
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 Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: My EL is running better on BP ULtimate. |
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I believe their is a bit of a debate at the moment on whether SHELL OPTIMAX or BP ULTIMATE is better or worse for your Falcons. Well I must say I have started using BP Ultimate in the last 2 weeks, after using Shell Optimax for the past 2 years and I have found the Ultimate has made my Idle a lot smoother. For "seat of your pants"power. Well it seems to be the same as when I used Optimax. But with Fuel economy I have worked out that I got a little bit more with the Optimax. Theirs my 2cents worth  |
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SiX_iN_a_RoW
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| my experiences are exactly the same, idle quality and overall smoothness is better with ultimate |
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wolfpac_w
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| Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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I certainly can second (third?) that exactly! Optimax for econ, Ultimate for a smooth runner... Depends if I'm rich or poor when I fill up... And if 91RON is $1.03 or 89.9....
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XRFan101
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:10 am Post subject: |
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Ive always used BP ultimate for my previous car and the current one, both have run very nicely off of it to. Bad thing is thou atm its about $109.9/L *ouch* 
Still, i put in $25 worth of it the other day and so far i have got 190kms out of it with stil about 5-10L left b4 it hits the orange section on the petty gauge.
Pretty good if you ask me. Also using Octane boost too.  |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| ill be honest at first i noticed nothing cept for a smoother idle, i actually goy less if not the same k's as regular. after about 3 tanks thats where it all changed now alot more k's 50-80 round town and 100-150 on the freeway. well worth the extra 10 cpl... |
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1 SLY 97EL
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| XRFan101 wrote: | Ive always used BP ultimate for my previous car and the current one, both have run very nicely off of it to. Bad thing is thou atm its about $109.9/L *ouch*
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He he, Being in QLD I only got it for 0.939c/ L on Thursday |
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XRFan101
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| Quote: | | He he, Being in QLD I only got it for 0.939c/ L on Thursday |
Damn!!! im gettting screwed over here. But guess what lol i can get fuel for 45c/L BBQ fuel mate  Mabe cheap and nasty but its cheap |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| Your getting screwed??? try only one servo in town, Shell, either ULP, or Premium(95RON), premium is $1.24. ULP is $1.18., got no choice here. |
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FLYING XR8
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: |
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I've always ran my V8 on ultimate and I have no Complaints.
About 3 weeks ago I was driving my wifes VW Golf and I filled it with Ultimate, I told her I filled it and I didn't think it was a big deal that I put Ultimate in it, so I didn't tell her.
Two days later she was telling me how well her Car was idling and how it seemed to have more go.
I told her about the Ultimate and she said she normally gets the Cheap hose.
Hows that for a Blind fold test. |
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XRFan101
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| bowsaw wrote: | | Your getting screwed??? try only one servo in town, Shell, either ULP, or Premium(95RON), premium is $1.24. ULP is $1.18., got no choice here. |
LOL ouch, yeah i was paying up to $1.24/L at one point last year but then i just ran the car on LPG so all was cool. 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:43 am Post subject: Ultimate oh yeah 1st choice |
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I find out of all the diffrent fuel's that are avalible now they do make your car run either like a bat out of hell or a bucket of s**t and now I'll rank the fuel in performance wise,
1.BP ULTIMATE
2.MOBIL SYNERGY
3.VORTEX,MOBIL PREMIUM 96RON,BP PREMIUM 95RON
4.OPTI(CRAP)MAX
5.ANY UNLEADED THATS FROM 1 OF THE ABOVE
As most of you guys know the cost of fuel is on the rise AGAIN so shop around as 2cents-14cents diffrence in diffrent area's not just coles & woolies but every servo will compeate especially if thers's more then 3 in a 500m area |
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1 SLY 97EL
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Ultimate oh yeah 1st choice |
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| Ben_Daui wrote: | 4.OPTI(CRAP)MAX
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Gee why did you rate Optimax that Bad. I have never had any issue with it except the idle is a bit rough and thats why I use Ultimate now. But I found I have a better seat of your pants power gains than the rest. I have found the old Vortex did absolutely nothing and made me engine idle even more hesitiant than Optimax. |
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Haha, i use shell optimax 90% of the time, but i can admit that ive had some bad tanks of it too..
i dont get very good kms out of BP, ran fine, nothing special that i could find.
Havnt tried mobiles 8000 yet, maybe tomorrow. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Ultimate truly is the fuel of kings!! I've paid up to $1.28/L during the *real* bad spell we had a while ago. At that price you think twice about boosting up, but usually ends in same result 
Fuel usually a little more expensive in my area for some reason. Damn car guzzles as well. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:28 am Post subject: |
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At the moment i run the EL on Mobile Synergy, before that i was using optimax, and it would ping under any load on a warm day. Since using Synergy it hasnt done it once, and the ecomomy has been better. Power, well it feels more responsive to me, but at a guess they are at a par.
I will give BP a good two week run as of next week to see what happens.
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1 SLY 97EL
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yep, I think I will stay with BP ultimate then |
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hoppy
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| g-day guys n gals.Being in the rallying scene we have had a few test reports in the cams magazines of late .One that was very interesting was a comparison between Methanol "oh what a lovely smell that is" and BP ultimate with a certain octane booster,all of this was done on a race engine "ie big cam, high compression open exhaust".and guess what the BP ultimate out did the Methanol. Apparantly this was because the Ultimate could handle more ignition advance and can suposedly handle compression up to 12.0 to 1. I will try and find the article so i can let u all know which aditive it is. You may find that you wont really feel any difference with a 5.0 as without a nock sensor the ignition would have to be manually advanced, Where with the 4.0 the ecu would gradually advance by itself while re-learning fuel air and ignition ratios |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| ultimate all the way, haven't found a bad batch yet. optimax is only good in barrels (toluene, used to raise the octane, cannot evaporate from a barrel like it can from the compulsory vents in servo tanks). my 5.0L pings on anything but ultimate or lpg! (not tried vortex yet, mobil 8000 only under very high heat & load). |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| sam12h wrote: | | ultimate all the way, haven't found a bad batch yet. optimax is only good in barrels (toluene, used to raise the octane, cannot evaporate from a barrel like it can from the compulsory vents in servo tanks). my 5.0L pings on anything but ultimate or lpg! (not tried vortex yet, mobil 8000 only under very high heat & load). |
You might find that your no longer on Shell's Christmas card list after that statement.
I heard only some small time servo's were using Toluene to increase supply and profit to any fuel... |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Ultimate oh yeah 1st choice |
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| Ben_Daui wrote: | I find out of all the diffrent fuel's that are avalible now they do make your car run either like a bat out of hell or a bucket of s**t and now I'll rank the fuel in performance wise,
1.BP ULTIMATE
2.MOBIL SYNERGY
3.VORTEX,MOBIL PREMIUM 96RON,BP PREMIUM 95RON
4.OPTI(CRAP)MAX
5.ANY UNLEADED THATS FROM 1 OF THE ABOVE
As most of you guys know the cost of fuel is on the rise AGAIN so shop around as 2cents-14cents diffrence in diffrent area's not just coles & woolies but every servo will compeate especially if thers's more then 3 in a 500m area |
That's ammusing considering that Mobil buy their Premium UL from Shell (Optimax) and then rename it Synergy 8000!
I haven't touched Mobil since they stuffed up all the AVGAS. I've noticed no difference b/n BP and Shell. |
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