RE: high octane... a waste in money

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Tue Jan 26 1999 - 21:37:43 EST


My truck never "pinged" either. Sometimes...ya just gotta try it.

Aluminum Heads...now there's a cool idea.. :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of William
> Blount Arthur
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 9:18 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: RE: DML: high octane... a waste in money
>
>
> All this talk about detonation is interesting. Mine has never pinged once
> and it is a Ram with 3.55 gears. Why should a little Dak with 3.92 gears
> feel like pinging? I am running the Jet II right now and yes I put high
> test in it, but It has never knocked. What we all need though is some
> aluminum heads with a nice compression ratio. Aluminum transfers more
> heat out than cast iron. If the M1 intake works on our trucks heads, why
> wont an edelbrock head made for the old 360/340/318 work on our blocks
> too?
>
> Bill
> '97 SS/T
> www.angelfire.com/nc/spuppets/index.html
>
>



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