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Originally Posted by BCT748  TLRMan- I know what I am talking about and I am sure that since you have built motors before you have seen what can happen when you run a low octane fuel in a high compression motor. I've seen snapped connecting rods and shattered pistons because people throwing lower octane fuels in high compression motors. I've built motors that have called for premium when they were stock with just a 10:1 ratio and needed 101 when I was done with them. My bike has an 11.5:1 ratio and it calls for premium. My truck only has 9.4:1 so it gets 87. Everything I have either owned that was stock or I built up with a 10:1 or higher gets premium, and lower than that and it gets low octane.
That's true for older motors. Newer ones will retard the timing if it starts to knock. |
He he he...I was setting national records before you were born...I even built one of the worlds smallest reciprocating engines for MIT.
How many cylinder heads did you machine from solid billet, or fabricate pistons?
I've forgotten more than you'll ever know young whippersnapper.
BTW My TLR swings almost 13:1 for a comp ratio and I can safely run 89 octane in it...Hmmm ever scan a cylinder head with a laser, make changes and remachine them? You better go back to school, with me teaching the class!
Oh....Don't take anything seriously, I just love bashing Ducati owning know it alls.
