Set it up on e85, if conveniently available locally, with gm sensor 
automatically detecting/switching for 91 and E85

Common on Lancer Evos

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On Jul 27, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's been a while since I've been boosted, I'm now a V8Roadster, but you 
> might want to give Flyin' Miata a ring up to see if something like 
> water/methanol injector would help. 
> 
> Geoff
> '01 LS2 Stealth Option Delete
> 
> On 7/27/2010 5:43 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have a 1.6l miata with what's supposedly an "FM2 race kit" installed.
>> It boosts to 15psi easily but requires alot of timing retard to not
>> knock at even 12psi on california's 91 octane.
>> 
>> Recently I've started filling up with Sunoco 100 octane race gas.  This
>> has eliminated all knocking with the boost set to 12psi and the ignition
>> timing advanced 1-2 degrees past the FM defaults in zones 4 and 5.
>> 
>> It's making great power, but as is usual with these things, I want
>> more, especially given how much I'm paying for the race gas.
>> 
>> My question is what are the safe limits of boost and ignition advance
>> one can run when there's enough octane to not knock?  When do the rods
>> and/or pistons give up on the stock 1.6l?
>> 
>> The FM manual recommends not exceeding 180kpa on a stock motor, so that's
>> why I'm running 12psi... but even with the timing advanced from the FM
>> defaults there is plenty of retard in zone 5 relative to zone 4 and of
>> course zone 3.
>> 
>> Any input based on experience is greatly appreciated.  With the power
>> levels it's making on 100 octane I'm afraid to just keep bumping the
>> advance and wait for knock to start again.  I imagine it will either
>> knock hard and break something, or not knock and instead bend a rod
>> because I've exceeded the mechanical limits of the stock bottom end.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Vito Caputo
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