larsdowg Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Wow, the guys car below doing up to 58mpg Must be running on air haha http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/739165.htm Maybe thats why he wants so much for it as it has a magic engine built by pixies to runs on unicorn tears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Wow, the guys car below doing up to 58mpg Must be running on air haha http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/739165.htm Maybe thats why he wants so much for it as it has a magic engine built by pixies to runs on unicorn tears Where do I get me one of them? I did once achieve such an MPG figure in my Zed, just to wind a mate up with his Evo. I took it up a hill, reset the clock and coasted as far as needed to get it to show up His face was a picture when I showed him the pic on my phone! I guess this guy coasts everywhere too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prescience Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 If you have a lower octane, it is more prone to preignition, particularly at high engine revs. A modern engine such as that in your zed will detect this and bugger about with the timing to compensate so as not to allow any damage. This will affect your performance, which is kinda the point of buying the car so from that point of view, better to use 98! You are referring actually to 'detonation' or 'knock' which most engines can deal with mild amounts of and yes modern cars have 'knock sensors' which reduce timing advance; pre-ignition is very different as it is combustion on the upstroke and this will destroy your piston in no time (minutes) Without getting too technical I thought that 'detonation', 'knock', 'pre-ignition', 'pinking' were just different names for the same thing. That being the pre-igition causing detontation of the fuel air mixture on the upstroke of the piston. Usually cause by excessive temperature in the cylinder as a result of a lean mixture. This is only what I have picked up from other forums so I may be wrong, and would be interested to know what the difference between pre-ignition and det. is. They are different and this article gives as good an explanation as I have found http://www.streetrodstuff.com/Articles/ ... /index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Wow, the guys car below doing up to 58mpg Must be running on air haha http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/739165.htm Price seems a bit ambitious too given what is going on in the market place at present. Having said and although I don't like the wheels, the stance looks superb and am now convinced that the Ings spoiler is the business - thanks Sarnie . The owner of that car is a member on here, Kashz or something like that...... Oh, and Ebized, your welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I like the seats actually...... well I think I do. I'm not 100% sure. I wouldn't do it to mine but it looks good on Kashz motor. The Ings is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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