[s-cars] Re: wrt pushing RS2 to the edge...

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Well, I think the easiest way to correct the problem
that we're all running into this time of year is
making the car run more efficiently, ergo, bring
charge air temperatures down and making sure exhaust
gases have a free flowing path.

I think we should all have front mount intercoolers
and water injection, I can see a MAJOR difference in
the way the car runs on a cold day as opposed to
today, 75 degrees ambient.

Joe
--- mlp qwest <mlped at qwest.net> wrote:
> You know Sandy, in all this talk about "race gas"
> and power, I believe
> unless you are driving your CR up (which running 28
> psi of boost is
> certainly accomplishing), dumping in race gas (i.e.
> high octane fuel) can
> actually have the effect of turning your potential
> engine power, .... down
> :-(
>
> Sooooo, ...  maybe one of the real balancing acts
> one is asking their ECU to
> run is, "How LOW an octane fuel can I get away with
> running for power (i.e.
> BTU's per #Lb of fuel burned) with out knocking a
> hole in a piston or worse.
>
> I think this must be sort of like one of Pizzo's
> perennial date quandaries,
> "Do I ask the pretty one out who may or may not, or
> .... one of those cheap,
> desperate, low octane brands that really puts out
> the heat?" :-)  I think I
> hear the moaning now.
>
> I think you can run 28 psi without race gas .... but
> it should be somewhere
> north of the artic circle when its very, very, very
> cold and snowy.  Perfect
> Quattro country.
>
> OTOH, maybe one of the list chemists / engineers
> &/or closet nitromethane
> tolulene adicts will chime in and correct my
> erroneous ways & thoughts here.
>
> mlp
>
> ~-----Original Message-----
> ~From: Sandy Sligh
> ~
> ~Well, you can't really run 28lbs without racegas
> ....
>
>
>


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