Anyone know anything about this new fuel?

well, the marketing blurb all sounds nice... Dick Johnson says it's good so it must be!

Apperently Peepee... if you drink it while smoking a Cuban cigar it tastes like chocolate...... try it.....

 

thought you two fell of the face of the planet..where can i get some for tomorrow

 

perhaps we're the same person

if you follow the link, theres a listing for state outlets... but coles express stores are basically trialling it....

 

and once again Perth misses out?

Apparently BP Ultimate (98) isn't available currently (and might not be for some time), so i need an alternative......

 

wow!! That does sound very nice!

I wanna try some of this stuff too

According to the site, these are the places that currently have stock of it:

COLES EXPRESS CALOUNDRA69 Beerburrum St Caloundra QLD

COLES EXPRESS KESSELS RD651 Kessels Rd Mount Gravatt QLD
COLES EXPRESS MILTON319 Coronation Drv Milton QLD

COLES EXPRESS SURFERS PARADISE2824 Gold Coast Hwy Surfers Paradise QLD
COLES EXPRESS VIRGINIACnr Sandgate & Robinson Rds Virginia QLD



then the rest by the end of 2005 it says.

http://www-static.shell.com/static/au-en/downloads/optimax_extreme/qld_site_listings.pdf


I been using just normal optimax on mine Dingo, runs nice and smooth, try some out



EDIT:

The shell brochure said to check out : http://www.fcai.com.au/ethanol.php/2004/11/00000001.html for the compatabiliy of ethanol blended petrol. It says "Ferrari does not recommend the use of ethanol blend petrol. E10 may be used in emergency situations."

 

It probably means that Ferrari don't like it much - even though it's the sponsors product.

 

It mentions 2 stations near me, but I havent seen it hit those stations yet.

This weeks Fifth Gear, they test Optimax 98 vs unleaded 95.

 

^^ I just went to the one at Mount Gravatt outside garden city, they dont have it either..bit slow perhaps.

 

I wouldn't touch it with 5% ethanol! When ethanol first appeared in Qld FCCQ had a chemist talk to club members and his advice was 100% ethanol was fine for cars modified to run on it but mixtures (especially the low 10% used here) were poison. With all the other problems Optimax has, I (personally)wouldn't risk it.

 

Speedcore, what time/day is Fifth Gear on?

 

I checked tonight, it's at my local servo. I'd like some objective info on the ethanol debate. My very limited understanding on the issue is that the ethanol is more "corrosive" towards fuel system components. My son pointed out that whilst methanol is extremely agressive, ethanol was no where near as much so and in fact not a lot more so than regular petrol. Has anyone here got further info, as $1.30 is a lot less than $5.50 a litre for race fuel??

 

more importantly they tested the F430 Spider - Tiff drove the wheels off that thing around the track!!!!!

I don't think the current series is on TV here, you need to find the episodes on the net.

 

what is your son using in his WRX (if he's still got it) now that BP Ultimate isn't available?

I'm about to finish this tank and it looks like the WRX will be drinking 95 fuel for awhile.....

 

Yes he's still got the WRX. I filled up last week with Ultimate, since when has it gone?

 

Mobil Synergy 8000 (purple label) is actually favoured by a few dyno guys I know.

 

Apparently the Kwinana Refinery has had some sort of problems and are unable to produce it, unsure of how long it will last. (I've heard early Dec, but also 2-3 days so who knows)

I went to the nearest BP today and they are already out, so maybe I'll find one somewhere that has some left......otherwise 95 will have to do.

 

Every time I tried it, it set the CEL on the 550.

 

they tried today to sell elf fuel at the classic adelaide (102 octane) for $5.50 per litre, and all i could say was WTF, where is mobil 8000.


and FF do i need to put in an additive into the 308 for the upper head dept?

 

if it's original, yes, but you can do a top end rebuild and remove the sodium valves, fit better shape valves all round, replace seats and guides and use unleaded all you like.

Should cost well under 10K. I've done 4 here recently.