filled up with this lastnight first time i tried it in my escort rst (running 18 psi was using optimax before) so much more responsive and boosts harder and its the same price as optimax was im well impressed

 

I filled up the saph last night but aint been out for a thrash yet.

 

suppose i need a cossie that works so i can put the new fuel into

 

Been using it for a week now, car defo feels more responsive and smoother on and off boost

 

I was told it was the just optimax re-badged

 

[/quote]I was told it was the just optimax re-badged [/quote]

That's what i thought i've been using it and aint noticed and difference

 

most live mappers will ask u to use optimax it before a set up as most other fuels ant up to it but i think it just a sales con a new name

 

I was told it was the just optimax re-badged [/quote]

That's what i thought i've been using it and aint noticed and difference [/quote]

same here, my cossie aint any different

think its in ur head mitch !! soz

 

Well my focus rs runs no different wether its BP,Shell or Sainsburys super unleaded. I use Sainsburys because its 93.9p per litre of super versus 104.9p a litre of BP Super.

 

its 99 ron instead of 98 my advance map on my ignition runs on the limit on optimax thats why i get very good power 256 bhp can get a extra +2 degrees with v power without pinking

remember even tho the pumps have been rebadged they will still have optimax in there untill they run out i know mine was the v power stuff as i know & use that petrol staition alot

 

It would probably be better on a car specifically mapped to use it, but if I just use the petrol from any of the stations I notice no difference at all. So I just go for the cheapest.

 

It is indeed, just SHell used to round the Octane rating down to 98 whereas now they round it up to 99 (its about 98.5), all marketing matey!

 

Optimax was 98.6 wernt it?..So as above they could get more customers by rounding the figure to 99...but sales ploy,as in why they not round it off at 99 to start with?

Like the goverment,companys do realise,you know,that the majority are gullible!

 

Im not joking matey, its just rebranding execise. We had the internal emails months ago telling us it was going to happen.

I agree that rounding up to 99 in the first place would have made more marketing sense and I honestly dont know why they didnt. Maybe it had to do with trading standars or tax or something, I dont know the financial reasons just the fuel that goes out of our site to the garages is just the same stuff.

 

...as said by starting off at 98...they knew they could rebadge for more publicity later.

 

Sorry mate, misread your original post. You have a good point there though, seems strange to call it Optimax for such a short time!

 

I shall soon have some sort of evidence of wether or not it is any better. I currently have 2 degress of ingition retard in my saff on the L6. I am going to run the tank right down and fill up with V-Power. Then off to Marks to put on the det cans, add the ignition back in and see if there is any det. If anyone is interested then i will let you know how i get on

 

i thought that too

 

....i think another tell tell sign its the same,is the price...the same as optimax was!

 

used it other week in my dads car, he seems to think its running smoother than when he used normal unleaded petrol, only problem being the nearest shell garage is miles away

 

...its all in the head!!!!

..as i say only the gullable feel the difference

 

All I noticed was my petrol in the red a lot sooner. fuck that. it runs the same on tesco 95 as it does on tesco 99, sainsbury's 95, BP 95 and 97, shell 95. Waste of money IMO unless you have a 'performance' car which has been set up to run it.

 

nah my dad used normal unleaded petrol and only just started trying v power/optimax thats why he felt it was smoother....

i still think its just been renamed

 

that would be good to know, although why do you have 2 degrees retarded at the mo?

 

Because above 2 bar of boost you run the same ingnition curve as you would at 2 bar, as the map sensor cant see anymore (3 bar map). We had a slight crackle of det at 34 psi in 5th gear on the det cans so we took 2 degrees out to be safe. that was on optimax. Mark reckoned with a decent octane booster we may be able to add the 2 degrees back in. So we will see with the v-power. Of course retarding the igniton using the octane switch adjustment on a cossie, means you have 2 degrees retard throughout the rev range not just at hight boost

 

my escos is drinking it but i cant detect aby difference

 

i thought mine was running better but now i just dont know! its cheaper now down my way than optimax was cause of the lower prices of everything so i aint bothered!

 

You'd never feel the difference...

You never leave your house...

 

What a CUNT.

...you dont know anything about real life..you can only threaten on MSN..get a life and pop down to my work..and see what LIFE is about....you may get a cup of tea...probably not to drink though you UTTER UTTER waste of human resources.

 

Been using it for a while now havnt noticed any difference
Did 150 miles on it today
Car still to slow

 

 

Sorry to bring this thread back up, but now i've put my deposit down on Gracelands E30 Cosworth, i was wondering what fuel i should be using in it?

Cheers

 

What ever it was set up on or better.

 

Why don't you just ask Paul

Its sooooooo easy

Steve.

 

I would do, but i was just wondering right now, and i don't want to keep pestering him with questions all day every day!

 

paul wont mind

 

mitchrst

you div, its just optimax renamed as said - shell havent even hidden the fact lol

I got an email from the saying optimax will now be called v power blah blah blah
marketing clearly works on some

 

Its funny, as ive seen a LOT of people with some properly quick motors, all saying their car feels better than ever when using it.

But its deffo just optimax?

Strange, as the people saying it are not the kind of people who are usually kidded, and all people whos tried others and not said they felt owt really.

 

are you sure


Edited to add - V-Power is what it was set up on