Went to a big Mustang event this past weekend and got to talking to a fellow Terminator owner. Nice guy, but he starts telling me about his setup. Says he's on a TVS, 60lb injectors, ect, ect - 22lbs of boost. I said, "oh so your on e85 then, no wait - you can't be if your running 60lb injectors" He said - no, I'm running 22lbs on 93oct and I just locked up, didn't know what to say. After a few seconds he said he knew that was pushing it but that it ran good and had been dyno tuned.
My question is - what would you have said? I guess on the one hand - his car, he can roast the motor if he wants, but I also wonder if I shouldn't have said something about that being too much boost for 93oct - or if he's running really low timing, could he get away with it and not be hurting the motor? My thought is that at best he's probably getting knock and is doing some damage that will add up over time.
My question is - what would you have said? I guess on the one hand - his car, he can roast the motor if he wants, but I also wonder if I shouldn't have said something about that being too much boost for 93oct - or if he's running really low timing, could he get away with it and not be hurting the motor? My thought is that at best he's probably getting knock and is doing some damage that will add up over time.