What fuel to use for a ecutek 3?
16 July 2004, 09:30 PM
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What fuel to use for a ecutek 3?
I'm having the ecutek 3 remap, done on my car next week,sti 5 full decat.
optimax is probably the best petrol to use but for me its a bit of a pain to get all the time, I was just wondering will it make that much of a difference if it was mapped just using sul?
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Taffy
optimax is probably the best petrol to use but for me its a bit of a pain to get all the time, I was just wondering will it make that much of a difference if it was mapped just using sul?
Cheers
Taffy
16 July 2004, 09:37 PM
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It will be mapped to suit whatever fuel is in the tank at the time.
Optimax is the 'choice' fuel as it has the highest RON rating available at the UK pumps.
Ultimately, a lower octane fuel = less power!
Optimax is the 'choice' fuel as it has the highest RON rating available at the UK pumps.
Ultimately, a lower octane fuel = less power!
16 July 2004, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by fiestaboy
It will be mapped to suit whatever fuel is in the tank at the time.
Optimax is the 'choice' fuel as it has the highest RON rating available at the UK pumps.
Ultimately, a lower octane fuel = less power!
Optimax is the 'choice' fuel as it has the highest RON rating available at the UK pumps.
Ultimately, a lower octane fuel = less power!
16 July 2004, 11:25 PM
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It depends on what you intend to use regularly. Theres not a whole lot of point filling it with optimax and getting it mapped and then coming home and continuing to fill with SUL. You are likely to get detonation or some other nastiness that way.
Fill it with whatever fuel you intend to stick to after the mapping. It's as simple as that.
Fill it with whatever fuel you intend to stick to after the mapping. It's as simple as that.
17 July 2004, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Eagle7
It depends on what you intend to use regularly. Theres not a whole lot of point filling it with optimax and getting it mapped and then coming home and continuing to fill with SUL. You are likely to get detonation or some other nastiness that way.
Fill it with whatever fuel you intend to stick to after the mapping. It's as simple as that.
Fill it with whatever fuel you intend to stick to after the mapping. It's as simple as that.
sorry for not making it clear,
I know that it will be mapped with what petrol that is in it, and I know that when its mapped for that petrol I will have to carry on using that petrol.
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17 July 2004, 08:57 AM
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If for argument's sake you used SUL & mapped the car then as long as you kept putting that in no worries. If you then added Optimax & for good measure NF Race, the ECU would self learn & adapt.
If you then went back to SUL, it would self learn & again adapt.
If you then went back to SUL, it would self learn & again adapt.
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