X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 15:16:01 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from secure5.liveoakhosting.com ([64.49.254.21] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTPS id 941769 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 12 May 2005 15:14:40 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.49.254.21; envelope-from=walter@advancedpilot.com Received: (qmail 2837 invoked by uid 2520); 12 May 2005 19:13:55 -0000 Received: from 216.107.97.170 by secure5.liveoakhosting.com (envelope-from , uid 2020) with qmail-scanner-1.25st (clamdscan: 0.84/871. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:0(216.107.97.170):. Processed in 0.084729 secs); 12 May 2005 19:13:55 -0000 Received: from 216-107-97-170.wan.networktel.net (HELO ?10.0.1.2?) (216.107.97.170) by secure5.liveoakhosting.com with SMTP; 12 May 2005 19:13:55 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-6-179078080 X-Original-Message-Id: <3a940bb191952a9665afc0e89a9bbc0d@advancedpilot.com> From: Walter Atkinson Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Plasma III on Hi Compression Engines X-Original-Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 14:13:51 -0500 X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) --Apple-Mail-6-179078080 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed The detonation margin is pretty good with the 7.5:1 CR. That's why=20 they did it. A large part of the detonation margin is CHT. Cars use a water-cooled=20= engine that keeps CHTs very cool. It doesn't always work too well. =20 The ping we've all heard is detonation. Remember those are seldom=20 aluminum heads! Also, detonation isn't all that bad on the engine. =20 It's very hard on spark plugs which are a source of pre-ignition which=20= is VERY bad on an engine. Walter On May 12, 2005, at 2:09 PM, colyncase on earthlink wrote: Walter,=A0 so how narrow is it on a TSIO-550 with 7.5 CR? How is that cars can run 10.0 CR? --Apple-Mail-6-179078080 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 The detonation margin is pretty good with the 7.5:1 CR. That's why they did it. A large part of the detonation margin is CHT. Cars use a water-cooled engine that keeps CHTs very cool. It doesn't always work too well.=20 The ping we've all heard is detonation. Remember those are seldom aluminum heads! Also, detonation isn't all that bad on the engine.=20 It's very hard on spark plugs which are a source of pre-ignition which is VERY bad on an engine. Walter On May 12, 2005, at 2:09 PM, colyncase on earthlink wrote: ArialWalter,=A0 so how narrow is it on a TSIO-550 with 7.5 CR? ArialHow is that cars can run 10.0 CR? --Apple-Mail-6-179078080--