[s-cars] Pinging w/MTM 1+

[Scott Munger]

At $4/gallon (around here.  Mobil 1  101 octane) and the mileage I drive
(pleasure only), I may just be able to justify it.  My wife may send me to
the looney bin, but I'll make my case on the trip...
--Scott
>
>
> Bob-
> It was my understanding that MTM 1+ was designed for 98 RON fuel,
> not 95. That's the problem- 98 is pretty high and we don't get really
> good fuel everywhere. Too bad, I'd love to have affordable 100 octane
> fuel at the pumps.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 6:35 AM
> To: Dave Forgie; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Pinging w/MTM 1+
>
>
>
> Am I just lucky?  I have had no problem with pinging using the MTM 1+
> chips
> while running mostly 93 octane fuel in my '95 urS6.  It did get a rare
> fill
> up with 94 but that was rare.
>
> BTW, the RON and MON numbers are simply rating numbers 93
> (RON + MOM)/2
> is
> the very same fuel as 95 RON.  RON rating and MON ratings on the very
> same
> fuel are always different numbers with the RON rating always a higher
> numeric value than the MON rating number.  This means that the RON
> number
> for any specific fuel will always be a higher number than the (R+M)/2
> rating FOR THE SAME FUEL.  95 RON and 93 (RON + MON)/2 are equivalent.
>
> At 11:01 PM 1/18/2004 -0800, Dave Forgie wrote:
>
> >Scott: This is why I hate the MTM+1 chip: a) it is very non-linear
> >(On/Off) and b) everyone I know or have heard of has pinging
> problems
> >unless they are running 94 octane (or more) fuel.  91
> doesn't even come
>
> >close. I think the chip was designed for 95 RON (not our (RON+MON)/2
> >crap).
> >
> >Just my observations.
> >
> >Dave F.
> >
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