Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 07:00 pm, by: Miles Baker(Milesb)
Look I can't be bothered reading all that stuff, but I'll throw in my 2 cents on the bit I did read. I used to ride a bike with 12:1 compression. With both Optimax and Mobil 8000, the WOT power on the dyno was the same. But both on the road and on the track, part throttle response was noticeably better with 8000. And trust me, on a bike, you can tell. From what I could tell by asking a mate who worked as an octane tester at a refinery, it could have been a different additive package. Buggered if I know what difference there is, but it was night and day on the bike. Optimax felt like fouled plugs. I wouldn't put it in the bike after I realised and confirmed that's what it was. And yes, I tried multiple petrol stations and it was over a period of months.
