Good morning Mike. No offense taken. I was just trying to avoid getting into
having to convince you or anyone else to change his or her habits or beliefs
on my account. You see I've been on another club as I have other bikes as
well. I found myself in many a situation where people thought I had to
convince them that my ways were better ot that I was competing for their
business. Then there were the do-it yourselfers & racers\competitors that
were demanding how-to articles, guarantees as well as other things.. Well I
got off that club because I'm not interested in any of the above. Just
because my e-mail starts of with a name of a bike shop, it doesn't mean I'm
here for doing business. I'm not a racer or competitor or even a professor.
I probably could do all of those things but then I'm the one not having any
fun. I love experimenting with the internal combustion engine & motorcycles
in general. I don't do any of this in the public eye. Sometimes I may
speculate a little , but it's only a little. Since, your interest is
genuine I can say this on the fuel thing. Remember though that this is very
basic. As a general rule let's say, a compression ratio of less than 10:1
is usually considered LOW or capable of burning pretty LOW octane fuel.
Since the compression ratio is LOW a fuel is required that will burn or
ignite at relatively cool cylinder temperatures, this is where Regular fuel
comes in, why should you pay for a fuel that requires a higher flash point
than is needed. Now a compression ratio of higher than 10:1 is considered a
hgh compression . Which means that the fuel will be compressed at
consideribly higher levels thus creating a much hotter cylinder pressure. A
fuel that has a higher flash point is required for proper combustion. This
is where Premium comes in. Now to mix it up a bit I must add that engine
designers have found , that if they can run an engine at the closest
possible point before the dreaded detonation & pre-ignition starts to
happen, they can achieve power ,torque, fuel efficiency & yes, reliability
with lower octane fuels & at the same time using these higher compression
ratios. More complete engine management is being acheived & coupled with
modern day electronics wait & see what's coming up in the next few
years.The internal combustion engine has come a long way. All that said , I
hope you can see why I'm not here to change your mind or your ways. Our
GTS's have a pretty sophisticated engine management system & using Regular
fuel with what's a high compression engine is possible & is also stated in
the owners manual. Now as far engine wear is concerned that's for another
day. Maybe. Have a great day. Peter Piazza
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: engine rebuild update
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, mototune wrote:
> > There are volumes written on this. Sorry Mike but, I'm not geting into
this
> > one. Let's just say some like Regular & some like Premium. Thanks. Peter
> > Piazza
>
> My apologies. I didn't post in an confrontational mode, I had geniune
> curiosity. I will research more off line.
>
> Take care,
> Mike
>
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