Andy Ball wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    AB> Hello Roy,   
      
    RW>> Ewwwww. I grew up in IL...snow and ice isn't my   
    >> favorite weather. I left IL in 1966 and have only   
    >> been back to visit.   
      
    AB> We don't get as much snow as we used to.   
      
   LOL! I remember snow in Illinois that covered up the 1st story of a house   
   and piled up to the roof when the wind blew. Times when you couldn't go   
   anywhere because you couldn't get out the front door.   
      
    RW>> No time like the present to learn stick. It's not   
    >> that hard to do.   
      
    AB>     I have suggested that but he needs a car now to get to   
    AB> work every day and it'll probably take him a while to gain enough   
    AB> comfort in a "stick shift" to do that.   
      
   I have only one car that is a stick shift. It is cumbersome to drive if I   
   haven't driven it in a while. My Z28 is a garage queen and doesn't get out   
   much around here.   
      
    RW>> 22.5:1 is low?   
      
    AB>     I'd have to look up some European cars to compare that   
    AB> with.  That's what I've been told though.   
      
   Ideally a diesel compression ratio can be within a 15-20:1 ratio to be   
   efficient. Of course, the higher number will be more efficient. Too high   
   and you get a compression damaging engine knock similar to a gasoline   
   engine with a 10-12:1 compression ratio using low octane gasoline. My GM   
   4.7L V8 diesel was 22.5:1. The problem I had with it was that it didn't   
   generate enough torque to back up a small incline...   
      
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