andyol1

What is going on with BP & Shell?

Ultimate is rated at 97 Ron so what is the point....or am I missing it.

Must be good stuff though as it is more expensive that Optimax :-))

Andy

Jap Imports

Do A Search on it..... It was in General,

Andy W STI

count yourselves lucky we get neither over here in NI.

greasemonkey

The point (so BP claim) is that it burns cleaner and better, and contains (like Optimax) detergents and other additives that clean your engine.

You seem to be assuming that because it's called "Ultimate" it must/should be something other than 97 RON. Why?

The_Judge

Err, slightly naive way of looking at it! If I were a salesman, I'd love you to be a customer...!

Joking aside, I found Optimax far better than BP SUL, and yet it was 4p a litre cheaper. However, the jury's still out on BP Ultimate. It's the same price SUL used to be. I'm halfway through a tank, and I think it's better than Optimax. There seems to be less activity on the KL (although there's not a lot of activity with Optimax anyway ) and the acceleration feels a bit smoother. Although I could be totally imagining it...!

Regards,

Ade.

Thunderlips

I have to agree with The Judge, things are definatly a bit smoother with the BP fuel, but no difference on the KL.


Callum

ARM-Scooby

I am based in leicester and have not come accross this new BP fuel. Any ideas where i can find out if it will or does anyone know?

cheers,
andy.

The_Judge

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Ive595

I am on my 5 tank of Ultimate, which I have mixed with Millers octane booster.
As the Judge said, the knocklink is a lot quieter and the engine does seem smoother.
However I am about to start using a different octane booster which comes as a fuel rather than an additive, so will let you all know how I get on.

Ive

StickyMicky

probably sum thing to do with the millions of threads on here raving about the new 100 ron fuel that never emerged

Bottomfeeder

Mine (MY00, Decat center, K&N panel filter)ran like a charm on ESSO SUL, it hates Optimax, however BP Ultimate is defo my new best friend......seriously, I really notice the difference.

JohnD

iTrader: (5)

There are both Shell and BP garages less than half a mile from me so I'm spoilt for choice! Believe it or not the BP garage has dropped it's price of Ultimate to the same as Optimax (79.9p/L) so it's just a case of seeing if there's any percievable difference.
JohnD (STi8 + PPP)

WREXY

Originally posted by StickyMickyThe reason for those threads was that BP Ultimate recently came to Greece as a 100 RON fuel. Newspapers here said that the rest of Europe would be getting this new fuel as well. No one would have thought the UK would have received a 97 RON version of this fuel.

One thing's certain, it will keep the octane booster companies in business.

Cheers,

George.


[Edited by WREXY - 10/23/2003 10:59:37 PM]

RB5_245

so the basic thing is, lower calorific value, higher octane = nice and smooth but how much power??? I don't know coz we've not got it this far north yet but i'm sticking with optimax so far

CTRnutter

IF you have PPP STI-8 stay well clear, it is terrible in comparison to Optimax