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Old 07 December 2006, 09:58 PM
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LOL Chill hon

Otherwise you wont be getting your pressie @ the next meet

& I Just warapped it up for ya

You ask for all the advise you like , Im also interested in hearing Zac's thoughts on OB

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Old 07 December 2006, 10:38 PM
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PMSL,
And people ask why I dont bother posting in the ESC anymore!
Old 07 December 2006, 11:13 PM
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PMSL,
And people ask why I dont bother posting in the ESC anymore!
i never asked that
Old 08 December 2006, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by frayz
PMSL,
And people ask why I dont bother posting in the ESC anymore!
I've never asked why , But it's a shame you feel that way
Old 08 December 2006, 09:34 AM
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With our current fuels running at or close to 99ron I think octane booster can be an unneccesary expense, most imports will run happily on this and if they didnlt isn't it better practice to address this issue and get them tuned for the availble fuel - what happens if you get caught in deepest cambridgeshire with out a bottle of NF or similar
Old 08 December 2006, 01:08 PM
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mine will run fine, even on 95 ron if it "has" to. but i prefer to run the octane booster. as said before peace of mind. plus a new ecu - apexi etc - or even one of the scooby ecus are expensive. good few hundred quid to get done.

but agree 100% if it's not running right unless it has the octane booster then that needs looking at. chance are something will go wrong if ignored in that instance imo.
Old 08 December 2006, 05:24 PM
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I still haven't got round to fitting the bigger injectors in my car and having the Apexi remapped yet, got no knock activity but not running full boost, only about 0.75bar, I'd rather be safe then sorry until the time the car is mapped properly for super unleaded
Old 09 December 2006, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mocom Racing
With our current fuels running at or close to 99ron I think octane booster can be an unneccesary expense, most imports will run happily on this and if they didnlt isn't it better practice to address this issue and get them tuned for the availble fuel - what happens if you get caught in deepest cambridgeshire with out a bottle of NF or similar
some parts of cambridgeshire are very deep and dark

I use octane booster occasionally when I have to fill up with less than ideal petrol or for special occassions such as track days
Old 09 December 2006, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Mocom Racing
With our current fuels running at or close to 99ron I think octane booster can be an unneccesary expense, most imports will run happily on this and if they didnlt isn't it better practice to address this issue and get them tuned for the availble fuel - what happens if you get caught in deepest cambridgeshire with out a bottle of NF or similar
best fuel grade in southern ireland is 95,northern ireland is bp ultimate 97 which is from what i gather on here is "rubbish".i allways pop some nf in my sti,costly yes but at least every thing runs as it should.i know the car could be mapped to run 95 but it going to be well down on power
Old 09 December 2006, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bpm1588
best fuel grade in southern ireland is 95,northern ireland is bp ultimate 97 which is from what i gather on here is "rubbish".i allways pop some nf in my sti,costly yes but at least every thing runs as it should.i know the car could be mapped to run 95 but it going to be well down on power
What's the news about Tescos out there. Are they going to be selling 99 ron?
Old 09 December 2006, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mocom Racing
With our current fuels running at or close to 99ron I think octane booster can be an unneccesary expense, most imports will run happily on this and if they didnlt isn't it better practice to address this issue and get them tuned for the availble fuel - what happens if you get caught in deepest cambridgeshire with out a bottle of NF or similar

Mate, I got caught in deepest Devon, a few months back... they haven't even got 99 down there... best I was able to find was that dreadful BP Ultimate (97) , fortunately I managed to find a Halfrauds for some OB though. the nearest Shell station (20 miles away) didn't have V-power or optimax either... just standard unleaded and there Tesco's hadn't been upgraded.
Old 10 December 2006, 10:15 PM
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so most people dont use it ?
Old 10 December 2006, 10:54 PM
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I don't
Old 11 December 2006, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Her at the back
so most people dont use it ?
Nope i do & will continue to
Old 11 December 2006, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by tiny01
Nope i do & will continue to
Probably a good idea mate, as yours was mapped with OB in the tank
Old 11 December 2006, 05:14 PM
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When I originally had my car mapped by Pat Herborn, I checked out ScoobyClinic's website and it said not to use octane boost when having a car mapped, so I didn't use any. But when Pat mapped the car, he wanted to know why I didn't put any in, and he said that they put that on the site because a lot of people put OB in just for the remapping session, and don't use it again, so can cause detting (Knock).

Sorry, if Pat says octane boost is worth while, then I believe him, and I don't particularly care what anyone else says! I know it works, simply because of flamer kits

PS a little bit of useless information for you, did you know that butane is put in petrol to up the RON rating? hence on warm days, when you take the filler cap off, you get a hiss from the gas venting off
Old 11 December 2006, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Cornelius

Sorry, if Pat says octane boost is worth while, then I believe him, and I don't particularly care what anyone else says! I know it works, simply because of flamer kits
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