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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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Iv been sticking bp ultimate in my 03 wrx iv heard not to, what does people stick in there's????
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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Iv been sticking bp ultimate in my 03 wrx iv heard not to, what does people stick in there's????
Only ever V-Power or Tesco 99 if i'm pushed.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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Yep V Power or tesco momentum 99, Bob Rawle also recomends using one of these 2.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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V Power only
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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V-power or if im stuck tesco 99, which isnt often.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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if car is standard then shouldn't be a problem as any 97 ron or better fuel will be ok as that is what the car is designed to run on, in fact when I bought my wrx from a subaru main dealer they stated that thety run cars on 95 ron without issue, I presume the ecu just retards timing to compensate.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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Bp ultimate is £1.29 by me how much is v power?
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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Not tried it in the scooby, but a few years ago I was running a Gen1 Hyundai coupe, ran fine on normal 95 ron, ran great on v-power, but ran like an absolute bag of spanners on BP Ultimate, it was awful.

If it was that bad on a NA 2.0 95RON mapped hyundai there's no way I'd let it get near the STi.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 04:56 PM
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I've always used V power with some octane
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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plenty run BP ultimate over here in N.ireland. simply because 97RON is highest you can get
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 06:50 PM
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v power for me
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 06:53 PM
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id rather use diesel than bp ultimate

V Power or Tesco 99 FTW
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:41 PM
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Tesco 99!
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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V power but shell near me is shut for a few weeks so on Tesco 99 but dont seem to get as good MPG
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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shame it wasnt a turbo charged car tested.

http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/t...s_Update.shtml
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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hello had my bug eye nearly 2 weeks now and have exported it to Germany, the shell garage have v-power 95 they, they also do a v-power racing 100 octane, should i use v-power 95 or go all out on the v-power racing 100??
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 07:06 PM
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You can run 95 ron on your WRX, 97+ will give you better performance and economy though and it works out at a similar cost to the 95 your putting in due to the increased mpg.

Tony
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 10:48 PM
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i was running my bugeye sti on ultimate for 3 weeks , until i noticed posts on here about how it is poor quality and can cause det.

i tried tesco 99 momentum and i have noticed a big difference in general running of the car, so its tesco or v power from now on
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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Dont put BP in your Scooby it is crap
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