Sorry for the mass of e-mails: was: Spark Plugs - pre ignition issue

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Yeah, I whacked it.
Thanks
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew MacPherson" <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: Spark Plugs - pre ignition issue


>
> Dan, you wanna give your email client a whack?  It seems to be stuck in a
> groove... :)
>
> Drew
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Dan Bubb wrote:
>
> > I'm a little skeptical here.
> > Why are you running 36 degrees advance and wishing for more?
> > Advance at WOT above 3500 RPM should be in the low 30's.
> >
> > Ignition advance is not a case of more is better. If you're using low
octane
> > gas (you're not) or have a really high CR (you don't) then you may want
as
> > much advance as you can get. But, you've got good gas and a relatively
low
> > CR so you should run the advance that is optimum for power. In the low
30's
> > (unless I'm totally mistaken and the 8V has a great combustion chamber
that
> > is best at 32 degrees and the 16V chamber sucks in comparison).
> > I'm just harping on this cause there are way too many people that think
more
> > ignition advance and more fuel is always better. In both cases there is
an
> > optimum amount that is not necessarily the most you can get.
> > If you know you will make more power at 36 or higher that's fine. But,
don't
> > just crank in more advance cause "more is always better!"
> > just my .02
> > Dan
>
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