Originally Posted by dingy
Originally Posted by SECS
Sadly, alot of people WRONGLY believe the following statements are true...
1) Low compression is safe
2) Rich fuel mixtures prevent detonation
point 1.... would you say low comp is more reliable on pump fuel and as a road car....
point 2 surely the right air/fuel ratio is important......so running to rich fecks that up as much as running lean....also thinking that running a little rich is MUCH better than running lean ?
Yes Low comp is safer to a point,
AFR is important and rich is better than lean,
but rich mixtures do NOT guarantee det free perfromance.