Sentences with phrase «high compression engine»

The main distinguishing features of this engine were a slightly different camshaft profile from the standard ultra high compression engine and factory dual exhaust.

When Charles F. «Boss» Kettering developed fuels that would allow higher compression engines to operate without knocking, it was to maximize fuel efficiency in the face of a gasoline shortage, not to herald the beginning of the muscle car era.

Conversely, some higher compression engines can downtune in order to cope with low octane petrol... some can't.

High compression engines (performance cars) would cause low octane gas to combust under the pressure alone rather than from the spark plug firing, resulting in knocking, which is very bad for the engine.

However, all other variables being held constant, using a high octane fuel allows you to design a higher compression engine to take advantage of that octane number.

Have a read of this question on the benefits of premium fuel and this one on what you should choose for your car, as it all depends on your engine and its tuning - a high compression engine can usefully use higher octane petrol, but a lower compression engine will just run badly (or fail to run).

I still own it (8 years and counting) and it's under the knife right now getting a high compression engine build with mild cam and Weber 38 carb.

Why will a lower compression ratio engine push the compression gauge to a higher number than a high performance, high compression engine?

It works like this: a high compression engine block gets hotter, so hot that the air - fuel mix in the piston chamber will begin to ignite before the piston completes the compression phase of the stroke.

As early as in 1966 the first S - models appeared on the roads with a high compression engine.

But this was no short - stroke, high compression engine; it developed only 104 bhp, eight less than the Ambassador car, and churned out 195 lbs / ft of torque at 1,700 rpm.

This is due to the fact that the Acura models have high compression engines that make...

The 2.0 - liter engine is paired with a 4 -2-1 exhaust system which contributes to the combustion efficiency of this high compression engine.