20withascooby

went to my local bp and saw this for the first time its 102 ron has anybodyon here used this yet and did they feel any difference ive never seen it b4 u even have to go in and get a code to type into the fuel pump b4 it releases any fuel into your car.look at the board clocked in at wait for it,


£2.62 a litre !!!!

RedScoob

£2.62 a litre !!!! bwahahahahahaha!!!!

Why don't they just make a decent super unleaded, instead of that rubbish Ultimate stuff.....

DazP1-956

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I bet it's good stuff, but not worth the money! Especially for everyday use, would be good for races though!

20withascooby

102 ron thats high isnt it wud it be ok to put some in the car want to go put some in late tnite when roads are empty see what its like only gune put 20 pound in prob to expensive

20withascooby

have any of you lot seen it b4 aswell first time ive found it

wrx287

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Am i mistaken or is that about £120 to fill the tank

20withascooby

no u are not mistaken thats wot i worked it out to be at and atm i only get bout 150-170 miles a tank so would cost me just under a pound a mile jsut wanna see what its like might put sum in a nd let u all no later

Brit_in_Japan

20withascooby, unless your car is specifically mapped to take advantage of 102 octane fuel, don't bother wasting your money. The Subaru ECU only advances the timing very slowly so you will see no benefit, at a far from trivial cost.

BigBez

**** me ,


u can get FIA race fuel for 2.62 a litre that they use in certain Rally championships

ill stick with v-power

20withascooby

i just put 30 pounds in and i felt a diff in acelaration.too expensive in my eyes 30 pounds gave me 11 litres.the lady gave me a book with it with graphs in it and its been tested on a few cars a impreza being one of them.the price is so high because you can only buy it at 9 bps in the whole of the uk.its a road legal version of formula one fuel (so it says) its crystal clear it also stopped my little bit of smoke coming out the back when revs are a bit high.in the book it says that it is the fuel that they use in certain rally cars but it made road legal i.e emissions and that.ive got a jap import with a ecu in it thats still set to run on japans 101 ron

noobyscooby

It will take a few tankfuls for the 102 to flush through and get the ECU used to it before you get the best benefits and even then only a remap at that stage will give the ultimate performance.

As to the cost, well if you only do a few thousand miles a year and you only use the car for fun, then what's a few hundred quid a year more on your fuel bill?

On the other hand, I suspect the vast majority of Scooby mileage is done under normal road and traffic conditions where a fraction of a second of the 0-60 is utterly irrelevant so stick to Super!

L.J.F

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Id rather run my car on pond water than pay £2.63 for something that BP should have on offer at all their forecourts as Super Unleaded!!!

They can stick it

Moley

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Just stick a bottle of octane boost in instead

Rich_UK

Think i will stick with my V powarrrr

Northern Nick

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It is actually very good fuel, very exspensive but a true 102 octane rating. The problem they have is, because its so exspensive they dont sell alot, octane decreases with age and it loses the points. I heard from good authority that when the fuel is fresh, its more likely to be 104 octane as they estimate it to have decreased to 102 be the time it is sold and used.

I would assume it will be the same as 102 race fuel as BP based the resale garages to sell the fuel around popular race track and I'm guessing it'll be the same stuff as the Ford team use will it not?

Martin2005

You would need to be clinically insane to buy this stuff. Think about it; 150% more expensive than normal SUL fuel, 3% to 5% performance gain (if you're lucky) if the car hasn't been mapped for the stuff.
The reason it's only available at very few forecourts, is that BP decided to sell the stuff a garages located near to race tracks.

MattW

Been using it in my lawnmower. Got an electric start Tukemseh motor, noticed it revs better and uses less oil. Well impressive stuff.

Northern Nick

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: prepering for the retaliation :

I dont know, you guys slating it, it obviously wasn't developed for your Impreza with a big bore and induction kit, its aimed at people who need the power to compete not impres there mates.

Why do you honestly think BP spent hundreds of thousands of pounds developing the fuel, to sell it to your average joe blogs (me included), I doubt it.

Somebody that can use the fuel to its full benifit could win a race using it.

: amour up :

GeeDee

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Surely, those of you who want to try it just need to reset their ECUs after the fill up so the ECU learns the new octane at once.

GazTheHat

An octane booster would work out MUCH cheaper if you're interested in increasing the RON.

rigga

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How far do you think the standard ecu will advance ignition? there is only a set rate it would do it to and i doubt very much it could take advantage of the increased octane in this fuel..... on the other hand if you remapped the car to it you would then have to keep on filling up with the same very expensive fuel..... octane booster to normally priced v power etc would be far more economical.

escott

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I remember seeing a link to a review of the BP 102, Shell V Power and Tesco 99 somewhere - can't seem to find it though.

I think the conclusion was that the BP 102 did give you higher outputs, but didn't make much of a difference in real world driving. They said it would be beneficial for competition or rolling road shootouts, at that price it didn't make sense as a normal road fuel.

If I find the link I'll post it.

escott

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Ah ha!

Thorney Motorsport Fuel Test Results Update

CRAFTY CARPER

Are you mad using it in your lawnmower

rigga

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Think the name of the motor might be a clue.......

chocolate_o_brian

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sorry to the original poster..... but theres one born everyday.

fivetide

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Won't work apparently. When i had the car mapped by Andy F i had a dual map done, the standard 'automatic' low boost map for pootling about and the 'manual' high boost map for playing about.

According to Andy an ecu reset will put the car instantly back on it's 'automatic' map and anything the eCU will learn about its fuel will take quite a lot of mileage.

However, putting in poor fuel will almost instantly see the car pull back performance to protect its self - even with a custom map. If i get stuck and put in 95 ron fuel i'd need to run it on the low boost map as that will be the one that the car screws up and takes ages to get back to.

It is just a safety aspect of the ECU, it is slow to trust new fuels, even if the battery has been pulled, but quick to protect you if you get a tank full of crap.

5t.

GeeDee

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Sounds an excellent idea to me. Less time cutting grass more time driving Scoob

Now, where on my electric hover mower is the petrol tank?

F1 CJE UK

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think we have all spent £20 on things for our cars that are a bigger waste than bp 102.

give it a go

danfranklin1

Really! Do you think it'll make much difference with my 4hp Briggs & Stratton pull-start Mountfield? I like the idea of cutting the grass in half the time! I must seek out some of this superfuel.