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Vortex 98 info plz!!!

KRiMiNaL

By KRiMiNaL,
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Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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actually I found vortex 98 to be fine myself.

but be very carefuly, Caltex are currently selling both 95 and 98 "Vortex" make sure the servo you go to has the right one :D BP have the same thing, they sell 98 ultimate and 95 premium at different places (and sometimes even the same servo)

Kaido_RR Grand Master

Kaido_RR

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i have found that sometimes the caltex petrol isnt as good.

but have also had it be good at other times also. rather weird. maybe bad batches at times.

but bp's 98 has always been the goods.

i got ****ed in the ass today with  71 bucks to fill up

umm wtf! even when i fill up 3/4 of the tank it only cost me around $40/$50 with BP 98

sproosy Grand Master

sproosy

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Ive been using Mobil 8000 and had no wuckers with it waht so ever. When i went to QLD we needed fuel really bad so i got vortex and my car starting pinging about 50kms after we filled up, i thought the motor had knock sensors? Don these retard the timing so the car wont ping. It was pinging at around 4500 - 6000rpm

lwells Grand Master

lwells

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same as mashrock and then a bottle of octane booster to the mix at $20! ouch! but 102 octane is a beautiful thing!

You realise that every octane point that a booster adds is only 0.1 octane, right? So if you have 98 octane fuel, use a booster that adds 4 octane points, you have 98.4 octane fuel, not 102 octane.

LW.

2LV8ETR Mentor

2LV8ETR

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I remember a topic on this once in a magazine and these were the results from the tests done:

BP Ultimate - 98RON

Shell Optimax - 98RON

Caltex Vortex - 95RON

I never knew until I read the article that Vortex advertised 98RON but because of their refinery process or some shit like that, the end result is 95RON.

I had a lot of pinging when I used Vortex, and I never use it as a result of this. BP first preference, Shell second. Nothing less for my baby.

nmcmahon83 Proficient

nmcmahon83

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I remember a topic on this once in a magazine and these were the results from the tests done:

BP Ultimate - 98RON

Shell Optimax - 98RON

Caltex Vortex - 95RON

I never knew until I read the article that Vortex advertised 98RON but because of their refinery process or some shit like that, the end result is 95RON.

I had a lot of pinging when I used Vortex, and I never use it as a result of this. BP first preference, Shell second. Nothing less for my baby.

How long ago was this? Because as stated, Caltex have Vortex (95RON) and Vortex 98 (98 RON)...

Although I'm no fuel expert, I can't see how they coulkd legally advertise a 95RON petrol as 98RON petrol.

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