<VV> "de-tuning" a 110

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Which was my point. Premium vs regular, it pretty much never works out economically to modify an engine to run on regular. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

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From: FrankCB <frankcb at aol.com>
To: jvhroberts <jvhroberts at aol.com>; dpleau at wavecable.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Tue, Feb 2, 2010 12:29 am
Subject: Re: <VV> "de-tuning" a 110


Once you begin comparing different fuels, whether it's regular vs. premium or gasoline vs. electricity you have to switch your thinking to MILES PER DOLLAR.
John, looks like your 300ZXTT with its modest sized engine and twin turbos was the forerunner of the "new" concept being introduced by BMW and Ford's Ecoboost engines.
Frank Burkhard 
 
In a message dated 01/28/10 19:03:56 Eastern Standard Time, jvhroberts writes:

In fact, if you mill out the step and otherwise enlarge the chamber a little, you could probably keep the comp ratio, run more advance, and although still a premium fuel engine, get both more power AND better gas mileage. Not to mention lower head temps. 

A lot of people bitch about added cost of premium, to the point they won't buy a car that uses it, even if it gets great gas mileage! I've had Suburban owners diss me because my 300ZXTT requires premium fuel, even though mine gets over 10 MPG better gas mileage than their Road Queen! LOL




John Roberts

 

 
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