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Hey guys, I will be holidaying over there later this month and was just wondering what the availability of Optimax or similar was like in the country areas of Vic, NSW and QLD. It's not even available here in Tas. Am looking forward to getting over there and trying it out, but once there I want to keep using it for the duration of my trip. Thanks for any info.

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Optimax is available from most Shell petrol stations. They also have a mini booklet with a list of all optimax enabled Shell stations by suburb.

Alternatively you could try BP Ultimate.

What makes you say BP Ultimate is better than Optimax?

I have a friend who races Formula 3000 and have tested a number of premium unleaded fuels on their engines on the dyno.

You'd be suprised that Optimax isn't all that it's made out to be.

One of the cleanest fuels on the market is Mobil Synergy, Caltex Vortex is not very good for performance engines, althought I noticed to get more k's out of a tank with the Vortex.

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What makes you say BP Ultimate is better than Optimax?
I didn't say that.
I have a friend who races Formula 3000 and have tested a number of premium unleaded fuels on their engines on the dyno.
I wouldn't be using PULP fuel in a race engine. I'd be using ELF LMS or similar.
You'd be suprised that Optimax isn't all that it's made out to be.
Doesn't surprise me at all. In fact I know Shell's fuel is dirty compared to BP Ultimate, which is why I suggested it as an alternative to Optimax :)
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Check out the individual websites for the petrol companies. But don't always believe them (the BP site said a couple of places in Tas had Ultimate!).

My experience has been that the major inter-city highways (Melb - Syd, Melb - Adelaide) have Shell / BP hi-octane fuel. Mobil only seems to have Synergy on the Hume.

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Thanks fella's for all the info. Might have to give BP a go. Only mentioned Optimax cause that's all that's ever been mentioned over here. Maybe should have been more general and asked about 98 ron. Didn't really know what the other company's marketed there 98 fuel as.

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I do remember a thread on this as I was told to use BP ultimate or Esso 8000 over here for my cossie. However Shell Optimax was the preferred one in the UK. Have heard that Shell here is dirtier than the rival Premiums

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hmm yeha on BP mine does about 6 - 7k per leter, the day i got my r33, i pumped about 10l os Vortex (caltex high oct one) that did about 90ish, my tank was like totaly empty.. but ive been useing bp after that.. and the last time i rmember i had 50L whn and it did around 350ish so yeah.. but im gona stick with BP anyway..

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Why is there the ad at the moment with the horse in the desert advertising Shell as the preferred option for Australian Premium fuel users? If people such as ourselves dont use it who does but more importantly who rates it as decent fuel?

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The only servo in lorne which had 98ron was shell

Ive have always used BP ultimate since i bought my car, first time using a diffrent fuel

I pumped a full tank in... drove home... it was like my car was ready to have a shit, it wouldnt stop back firing when i took of from 1st gear, hardly any acceleartion it was backfiring constantly...

Couldnt wait till the tank was empty :(

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