prince_of_tokyo

this fuel is the dogs danglies, makes my type r run a dream...had a few probs with my cocklink with bp ultimate...was advised optimax or 99tesco...well chuffed

and only 90.9p...A406 near IKEA...

Ray_li

how much is optimax now?

Ryo

Yep - works great for me too. BP Ultimate was ruled out in the first week of ownership. Optimax is good, but expensive round here, Tesco 99 is cheap and I seem to get good MPG out of it.

Its a winner.

prince_of_tokyo

i think around 97-98 p for optimax but none local to me

Ray_li

None on my way to work so i'm stil debating if i should buy another scooby dont fancy having to use octane boost every time

C_B_B

89.9p in Sussex this morning.

marmski

I must admit... i had been quite happyly using V-Power until last week when i used Tesco since it was closer... and i think i prefer it too.

Price is nice aswell.

LongTimeLurker

Wish we could get Tesco 99 up north

matchmaker

Same price in Stirling

My Octy runs like a dream on it

Russ71

99ron never used anything else its good stuff

Varboy

I have had a number of remaps due to adding more mods.

the last one was a bit odd, before the remap, Tesco 99 was like lunatic soup inside the tank, post remap it's like I pi**ed in the tank, odd

incidentally, I had about half V Power and half Tesco 99 in the tank when it was mapped

scuba_doo

Used v power first of all then tried teco 99 as it was cheaper and noticed car seemed to pull better , went back to v power to confirm it and back to tesco 99 and stayed with tesco 99 since .

Mangel

We don't have any in Brum, they obiviously feel we don't need any more encouragement!!!

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

i swear by tesco 99 in my uk turbo. doesnt necessarily need super unleaded, but its what its getting.

v-power is ok, but mpg is worse to be honest, and she runs that little bti smoother on tesco

andy

Martin2005

I was told by the guys at Powerstation (in no uncertain terms) to run mine Optimax. I was told that if I have to use BP or Tesco 99, that I shouldn't drive it hard.
I have used Tesco a bit, and of course you can't fell much of a difference (i very much doubt anyone can if they're honest).

miff13

Sorry to hijack the link but do any of you reset your ecu's when you change fuels? I've done it and I'm convinced car accelerates faster and has more power, could be imagining it?

prince_of_tokyo

i wouldnt have the ***** to mess around with my ecu lol...

DannyBoy007

iTrader: (7)

It's not hard on a classic, Disconnect battery for 30 seconds

We don't get Tesco's 99 down my way, we've just had a brand new Tesco's Extra open, the biggest in wales and they stick 97 ron on the pumps, I'm sure the local road rally guys we're happy about that.

Good jub we've 10 Shell station all within 20 miles of where I live

BULLITT

I've been using Tesco Super unleaded since day one of owning my Impreza, best one by far in my opinion and its 89.9p/litre at my local one

I live in Leeds and we have it.

Has anyone round London area used the BP High Octane feul yet?? 104 RON, its about £2.50 a litre or something daft.

gatecrasher3

It so strange how it differs from car to car. I run V-Power and have tried Tesco but found it to give higher knock readings, less MPG and less power

LongTimeLurker

, they have added a few more sites than last time i looked.

Greenergy's 99 Octane Super Unleaded petrol

daz-c

considering installing PPP on my 06 sti (uk) and noticed on Prodrives site they say that 97 Ron fuel must be used. Any comments?
Also is there any tesco 99 in the north east (newcastle / south shields)?

Daz

BULLITT

I think when place quote something like that, they must mean 97 RON or better surely. I would've thought a higher RON fuel would be better for the engine and would help run even better than 97.

prince_of_tokyo

higher ron would leave less deposits in the engine and provide purer combustion but then again, it depends on the mapping...

matchmaker

My local Tesco (Stirling) went from LRP - 97 RON (for about a year) then after Christmas went to 99RON.

A big new(ish) Tesco Extra in Alloa went straight from no SUL to 99RON.

I'd expect in due course they'll all have 99RON.

Damocell

iTrader: (1)

We do! they have it in Sheffield and Chorley so it must be other places!

Damo

evander

iTrader: (1)

The higher the RON the better, the higher the RON the more the fuel can resist detonation so you can run higher compression, more ignition advance, more boost. I doubt you would get the full benefit of running 104 RON fuel in your car anyway, it would bepend on your existing mods. Dont get me wrong you would get a performance hike but only as high as existing components will let you like your intercooler for example.

JohnD

iTrader: (5)

[QUOTE=Bullitt_Rich;6568854]I've been using Tesco Super unleaded since day one of owning my Impreza, best one by far in my opinion and its 89.9p/litre at my local one

If you've been using it from day one, how do you know it's the best one?

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

if i disconnect the battery, wouldnt my alarm go off? i wanted to reset my ecu, to see if my boost problem goes away, otherwise i may have it into a garage. dont think its to do with the tesco 99 i put in it

andy

prince_of_tokyo

i believe you could just unplug the wires of your ecu for a minute or so and plug back in whilst car is off...youll find it under the passenger side footwell