[A4] Need for Premium Gas in 1.8T quattro?

[Grant Lenahan]

I think there is a big difference in teh granularity of operation for 
recent (00+) generations, especially using Motronic7.

Grant
On Sep 23, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Robert Myers wrote:

>
>  The car was an RS2ed '95 urS6.
>
>  At 09:37 AM 9/23/2006, Grant Lenahan wrote:
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>>  Bob - new or old car? I believe new systems have more granular steps.
>>
>>  Grant
>>  On Sep 22, 2006, at 9:34 PM, Robert Myers wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  You can feel the knock sensor cutting back the timing.  There is no
>>>  missing it.  It feels as if some little man were sitting in there
>>>  with his finger on a switch and when he detects a single ping he
>>>  shuts the switch off and you loose a major portion of your
>>>  power.  Ease off on the loud pedal and then get on it again and the
>>>  power returns until the next ping.  I experienced this any number of
>>>  times during trial runs while Mihnea and I were developing software
>>>  for my S6.  Make that "while Mihnea was developing software for my
>>>  car and I was burning chips and trying them for him".
>>>
>>>
>>>  At 12:20 AM 9/23/2006, Nick Lawrence wrote:
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>>>>  ------- Forwarded message -------
>>>>  From: "Nick Lawrence" <nick at beol.net>
>>>>  To: q
>>>>  Cc:
>>>>  Subject: Re: [A4] Need for Premium Gas in 1.8T quattro?
>>>>  Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:18:10 -0700
>>>>
>>>>  I often have asked this question... how can I tell or does any one 
>>>> know if
>>>>  the knock sensor has detected and backed off timing?
>>>>
>>>>  Some say knock sensors only are in use above 3k rpm. My two 
>>>> automatics,
>>>>  (90 and 91 100's) rarely go above 3k rpm and use 87octane always. 
>>>>  With me
>>>>  driving and running premium or using premium on the hiway shows no 
>>>> mpg
>>>>  gain.
>>>>
>>>>  I use premium in my '90 200 tqa but would still like to know if it 
>>>> ever
>>>>  knocks. I have never got a code but I understand it can knock and 
>>>> make a
>>>>  code.
>>>>
>>>>  Comments?
>>>>  Nick
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>  Bob
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>  Bob
>  urS6 with RS2 and other mods for sale: http://chips-ur-s.com/S6.html
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