Fuel- United Petroleum 100 octane

[MadAussie]

Sorry to hijack, but does anyone know who United uses to supply their 98 in WA? Is it still BP holding the monopoly here?

[Paul G]

Hi. I have a 2008 Mazda 3 MPS with a standard computer. When Shell used to sell that V Power Racing 100 octane I ran the car on it all the time and there was a very noticeable improvement in power, but shell took it off. However just last week I started using 100 octane fuel from United 24 petrol station (100 Premium) and I think that it is just as good if not better in performance than V Power Racing in the past. I can also say that if I knew that 100 octane fuel will be avaliable back again and it will make such a improvement I wouldn't buy that bloody fmic from HDI, which will be installed in a few weeks.

[MadAussie]

Paul, with the addition of intake mods (more air, cooler intake charge), and a propper tune for 98/100 ron insead of 95/98, you'll see massive improvements in torque. Don't write off your fmic yet

[Duk]

I've been running bp ultimate for one year on a HYpertech , with occasional pinging . I changed to caltex 98 and now ping alot less . After I finish this current tank I'm going to give the united 100 a go . Clearly the hypertech was tuned on 91 (95 Ron), which explains why the tune is so sensitive to petrol I use .

[luke 3mps]

I have found BP 98 or caltex 98 in both my MPS's works best. I tryed the 100oct and didnt run as well

[andy b]

This may be a marketing strategy by United related to the NSW government banning 91 octane fuel.

That ban has since been overturned, although the requirement for 6% of all fuel sold in NSW to contain 10% ethanol remains: Premier bows to motorists on unleaded fuel