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fasterthanjesus
02-02-2006, 14:01
Been putting some optimax in the car, noticably better.

would texacos 99ron be worth a punt ?

Lunner
02-02-2006, 14:22
Do a search for "RON", gibbo posted up some figures on a new golf run on varioius fuels

Riley
02-02-2006, 14:26
i thought optimax was 98?

Swervin_Mervin
02-02-2006, 14:30
That was teh evo test I think Lunner. Even though the other fuels' graphs showed to be always slightly better than Optimax, the evo crew still thought that the cars seemed to run best on Optimax.

Best throttle response IIRC.

Lunner
02-02-2006, 14:59
test carried out in GOLF MK 5 GTI:

On top rollers in UK.. or one of.

Shell 95 ron
Price Paid: 91.9p
Max Power 205bhp
max torque: 234lb/ft

BP 95 Ron
Price:89.9
Max Power:204Bhp
Max Torque: 242lb/ft

Shell Optimax
Price:95.9p
Max Power: 209Bhp
Max Torque: 242Lb/Ft

Tesco 99 Ron
Price: 93.9
Max Power: 212Bhp
Max Torque 242Lb/ft

BP Ultimate
Price:100.9p
Max Power: 212 Bhp
Max Torque: 252lb/ft

Sunoco Race Fuel
352p per litle
Max Power 218 BHP
248 Lb/Ft

interesting..

Hulio
02-02-2006, 20:20
Interesting.....

I usually use optimax or bp ultimate but I swore my car drove and went better when I stuck tesco 99ron in it....maybe some of it is in the mind...

steveos_16valver
02-02-2006, 21:12
Been putting some optimax in the car, noticably better.

would texacos 99ron be worth a punt ?

i belive texacos use bleach in there fuel i have a texaco at the end of my road and i refuse to use it after reading that on the pump !!!

same as asda

i only use bp or shell i find car drives better on shell tho tbh

Justin..
02-02-2006, 21:13
what do they use bleach for? in case your cylinders have skids? ? :lol:

Lunner
02-02-2006, 21:14
i Stick to Optimax, got 2 garages sorted on my route to uni now :)

steveos_16valver
02-02-2006, 21:20
what do they use bleach for? in case your cylinders have skids? ? :lol:

yea possibly

just some thing that costs less than fuel i suppose and keep it cleaner i guess dunno really

Justin..
02-02-2006, 21:45
lol. you used my emoticon then :wink:

steveos_16valver
02-02-2006, 21:48
o yes :) stolen fair & square :)

fasterthanjesus
03-02-2006, 09:57
took a work colleague for a spin yesterday lunch. hes been in the clio before, and he noticed a big difference.

anybody using plain old 95 ron, should give optimax a try.

VIPERONE
03-02-2006, 11:35
i use bp ultimate..

:-)