spking of octane was Re: Bins are us

[Swayze]

its definitely a beater, I'll give it a try (can't hurt)
byE
Mike
Swayze
mswayze at truswood.com
kswayze at bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marteney, Steven J." <smarteney at xlvision.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: RE: spking of octane was Re: Bins are us


> Sounds like the old carbon build-up making points in the combustion
chamber
> problem.  I'm assuming it pings on lower octane cause the chamber temps
get
> too high (at least at those points).  No thermostat equals lots of
> continuous flow.  Any thermostat at any temp means somewhat restricted
flow.
> I'd suspect without a thermostat you can REALLY keep the chambers cool.
> Have you tried a racing/problem vehicle thermostat?  I have one from
> AutoZone.  Although it's a 180deg, it has very thin veins to allow a lot
of
> water to flow.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swayze [mailto:kswayze at bellsouth.net]
>
> my beater s-10 has to run premium(93 octane) with the thermostat
installed,
> with it removed I can run regular(87 octane). doesn't seem to make any
> difference what temp thermostat (currently 180deg).
> any comments?
>
> byE
> Mike
> Swayze
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