Re: fleecing of automobile owners

[Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>]

--- 16V JASON <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> At 04:52 PM 5/2/99 , Mike wrote:
> >The last line does say with a typo IF you can run low do
> it :) I know not
> >all cars can But all stock sciroccos could
> 
> True for all 8Vs, not true for the 16v.
> The 16V was designed to run on 93.  Any lesser gas will
> cause detonation,
> which will be picked up by the knock sensor and retard
> ignition timing.  On
> a properly tuned 16V with a working Knock Sensor System,
> you'll lose
> serious HP by running it on 87.  Go ahead, use 87 all you
> want; but your
> 16v won't be running even close to 123hp.
> 
> 	Jason
> 
Ok...   so what do I start checking out first?  My '88
sometimes pings pretty good under full throttle, and I run
Shell 93 exclusively.

===
Daun Yeagley
'79 Scirocco 
'85 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."  - Dave Barry
_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com


--
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" to majordomo@scirocco.org.
If you experience other problems, email: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org