[s-cars] Pinging w/MTM 1+

[Mark Strangways]

Two words for that problem.
Water Injection...
:-)

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Maddock" <keith-list at maddock.uzipp.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Pinging w/MTM 1+


> Elijah wrote:
> >When my wife was running the MTM1+ on her Avant anything under 93 and it
ran
> >for sh!*. The funny thing was when I installed the RS2 turbo and RS2 MAF
> >while
> >waiting on SW to run the injectors we just drove it with the MTM1+ and it
ran
> >great. No hesitations or pinging at all. So for all you pingers, just put
a
> >RS2 turbo on and it will run fine.
>
> Just goes to show that with MTM1+ or similar " 1+" chipsets, you are
really
> running the stock K24 on the edge of it's efficiency range.  This means
> that your intake temps are higher due to the turbo running at a less
> efficient rate - which means that good gas and intercooler efficiency are
> essential to preventing knock/ping.  Perhaps not a problem in W. Va, but
> definately might a problem in sunny SoCal.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Keith
>
> keith at maddock.com    http://keith.maddock.com/
>
> 93 S4 (mit RS2 + BR upgrades) Portland OR
> 95 968CS (Ring Tool + Daily Driver) Koblenz, DE
> 1/8 89 GTI  16V (Spare Ring Toy)  Nürburg, DE
>
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