[W126 Coupe] New Engine

[kirk erichsen]

I would suspect it's use of commonly available US/Japan/Oz spec camshafts (less aggressive) and lower compression pistons. 8.0:1 up to about 8:8:1 are your C/Rs outside of the lands of the Autobahn. You can further retard ignition with those switchable EZLs, the combo of the two (if you can get one) would given fairly wide latitude on acceptable fuel octane ratings without pinging. Not sure which route the chap referenced took, but I'll bet limited to cams/piston selection.

-K



-------------------------
Kirk R. Erichsen
-------------------------



From: 48hp at earthlink.net
To: dan at landiss.com; mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 07:34:21 -0800
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] New Engine

There are adjustable EZL outside the US market said to help aid poor fuel markets.-h


On Nov 9, 2010, at 7:14 AM, Dan Landiss wrote:     That would scare the hell      out of me. I cannot think of any "pressure" setting on    that engine that would affect its octane requirement; nor am I aware    that high-octane gas is hard to find. He may have a lot of    old-school experience but the phrasing used leads me to wonder if he    does some things just because he heard they made a difference.
    
    on 11/9/2010 8:20 AM calvin young wrote:    He even set up the engine so that it could use regular      fuel by changing the pressure.  His rationale was that you could      not get good hi test gas in much of the country anyway so why pay      the extra cost.
        
    -- 

  ::::::::::::::::::::
  "Courage means going against majority opinions in the name of the truth." --Vaclav Havel
  ::::::::::::::::::::    The MB Coupes Website!
W126 SEC Mailing List
Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.

The MB Coupes Website!
W126 SEC Mailing List
Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C. 		 	   		  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/mbcoupes/attachments/20101109/e9af5b7c/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: AdjustableEZL.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 41704 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/mbcoupes/attachments/20101109/e9af5b7c/attachment.jpg>