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20 December 2003, 12:41 PM
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Filled up with a tankful of "Ultimate" last night also with my usual dose of booster .
Found much more activity on knocklink.
So I guess must be of lower Octane rating than "Optimax"
Found much more activity on knocklink.
So I guess must be of lower Octane rating than "Optimax"
20 December 2003, 02:36 PM
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I'm using it most of the time now (with an occassional fill up of Optimax). I've found the car a lot smoother (more so than using Optimax). Powerwise, I haven't noticed much difference. That said, my car is a fairly standard Uk model. Perhaps on imports and more highly tuned versions you might notice more difference?
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22 December 2003, 11:15 AM
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I used BP Ultimate the other week and my car cut out twice at the lights and lots of hesitation...Swapped back to Optimax and all was normal again...I will never use it again!
22 December 2003, 12:29 PM
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i filled up with ultimate on saturday and was surprised at how much smoother the car ran after using optimax. mixed response from people so try it yourself,my01 uk car.(dunno if that matters)
22 December 2003, 01:25 PM
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My charriot never gotten on well with Optimax....I used to favor ESSO SUL, now however I run Ultimate, seems to have really sorted my 'det' issues out............weird I know.
22 December 2003, 02:00 PM
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Filled up with a complete tank to get a good run at it and really get a feel for it. Didn't notice much difference. It was a bit smoother through the lower revs, but not so much so that other factors couldn't have been the cause (weather - temp and humidity).
No difference so back to Optimax, I know it's OK in the car so if it ain't broke....
No difference so back to Optimax, I know it's OK in the car so if it ain't broke....
24 December 2003, 11:25 AM
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I tried BP ultmate first time, car was really slow to pickup,anything below 4k rpm forget it, but when it did, it seemed to pull really strong. so I tried another tank full and it sorted the lack of low down pull, it is now much better low down, say 2-3k rpm it picks up really strong, better than optimax, also in say 4th gear at low rpm lovely. so I think I will stay with BP and stop using optimax. car 2001 PPP, anyone else found the same.
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MY00 with a Link (so very easy to notice engine noise): in my brief experience, I'd put 'Ultimate' as slightly below Esso SUL, which is a way below Optimax even from the stations withough a good turnover of the stuff (ie my 'local' 
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I wasn't going to risk another tank of the stuff - I'd need to do a total remap (which I don't for Esso SUL) & TBH it wasn't worth the effort.. or any point!
).I wasn't going to risk another tank of the stuff - I'd need to do a total remap (which I don't for Esso SUL) & TBH it wasn't worth the effort.. or any point!
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