[W126 Coupe] New Engine

[Dan Landiss]

AFAIK the stock compression ratio is already just 9:1, pretty low by 
contemporary standards. They will run on 89 octane but like 91 better.

on 11/9/2010 10:07 AM Jonathan Hodgman wrote:

> My only thought is he's running a LC piston..??  What else are you 

> going to fiddle w/... except knocking timing back to a painfully low 

> level..

>

> You can run 10-1 here w/o issue on standard American premium gas..  MB 

> did their homework when designing this combustion chamber.

>

> Jonathan


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