[s-cars] Pinging w/MTM 1+

[Robert Myers]

You got me, Taka.  All I can tell you is that pinging was not a problem for 
my urS6.

At 09:53 AM 1/19/2004 -0500, TM wrote:

>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
>
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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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