Mahindra: Nothing but problems

[dmize]

love the Torque.

1. Hey it's a 97 corvette, sorry about that. I do road racing, like the SCCA or lemans style, turning both left and right on a closed circuit (not street racing). I just milled the heads to for the free compression energy, but am still able to run the 93 octane to make it easier on the budget. The 101 octane at Road Atlanta was over $10 /gallon. That just wasn't necessary; I wanted more time behind the wheel being a better driver which will almost always figure a way to beat a better car.

All the diesel guys on the forum should appreciate running high compression between 18-22 to 1 for CI as compression ignition where FI for forced induction to give more Cu In. That was the beauty of running leaded gas in the old muscle cars that could do ~14:1 compression on pump gas to take advantage of maximizing the compression and therefore energy return. :thumbsup:

 

[Johnny g]

It must be frustrating to go through life with such a negative attitude.

 

[farmgirl19]

1. Hey it's a 97 corvette, sorry about that. I do road racing, like the SCCA or lemans style, turning both left and right on a closed circuit (not street racing). I just milled the heads to for the free compression energy, but am still able to run the 93 octane to make it easier on the budget. The 101 octane at Road Atlanta was over $10 /gallon. That just wasn't necessary; I wanted more time behind the wheel being a better driver which will almost always figure a way to beat a better car.

All the diesel guys on the forum should appreciate running high compression between 18-22 to 1 for CI as compression ignition where FI for forced induction to give more Cu In. That was the beauty of running leaded gas in the old muscle cars that could do ~14:1 compression on pump gas to take advantage of maximizing the compression and therefore energy return. :thumbsup:

I had a gas engine once, with 17.5:1 CR. It not only took leaded, it took 100 octane leaded!

 

[murphy1244]

I had a gas engine once, with 17.5:1 CR. It not only took leaded, it took 100 octane leaded!

Tell us about it FG. I think this is gonna be about Planes?

 

[dmize]

So I think I got off topic: the dealer has found some leaks on the fuel and hydraulics. They are still tracing the electrical short and appreciated a description of my trouble shooting results. Right now they estimate it will be ready next week, but I'll feel better when they figure out the exact cause of the short.

I appreciate all the in depth discussions and all the replies found on the forum here. Good information to help make decisions moving forward.

 

[TomSeller]

So I think I got off topic: the dealer has found some leaks on the fuel and hydraulics. They are still tracing the electrical though they appreciated my description of the issues again, and say it should be ready sometime next week.

I appreciate all the in depth discussions and all the replies found on the forum here.

They must have got the shop Manual in. Good deal.

 

[bindian]

I had a gas engine once, with 17.5:1 CR. It not only took leaded, it took 100 octane leaded!

I mixed 100 octane low lead half and half with gas in my '77 F100.
We had tons of it from tank repairs on Mooneys.
hugs, Brandi

 

[farmgirl19]

I wasn't referring to 100 octane LL, but the 100 octane that used to be available at the gas pumps. I *hear* that was before the days of any unleaded gasoline.

 

[sixdogs]

I wasn't referring to 100 octane LL, but the 100 octane that used to be available at the gas pumps. I *hear* that was before the days of any unleaded gasoline.

What were you driving that took 100 octane pump gas? There has to be a story worth telling in that.

 

[arrow]

What were you driving that took 100 octane pump gas? There has to be a story worth telling in that.

Six, you could get 104 octane right from the pump in the 60's (Sunoco 104). There were cars that had 11 to 1 compression from the factory but very few as the muscle car wars started to heat up. Anything over 12.5 was hardly streetable. Chrysler back in 63 offered a "race" version Plymouth Satellite that had 14 to 1 cr. You really couldn't run this thing on the street as it was strictly a drag car but it would use all of the octane one could muster.