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|    Roy Witt to TOM WALKER    |
|    Odd rumble in Durango sol    |
|    31 Mar 12 06:21:10    |
      31 Mar 12 07:08, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:                      RW>> Chevrolet's LS7 (427ci, sfi fuel injection, supercharged with        RW>> factory supplied platinum spark plugs) makes 600+hp on pump gas,        RW>> with no misfire's under load, as the ignition system is designed to        RW>> make that kind of HP and it doesn't need $12 spark plugs to do it.               TW> SO What??              So that's a factory setup...it makes nearly as much HP as the 450 cubic       inch motor without having to boost the system to 40 pounds. Instead, it       uses a factory ignition system with only 8 pounds of boost, all on pump       gas (read 93 octane)...               TW> HOW did it do at 40 Psi Boost??              It'd do a lot better than that Ford motor could do.* Obviously, your ad is       intended to sell Denso spark plugs, to the unknowing, non-thinkers in the       crowd.              * A naturally-aspirated (14.7psi) LSX (454ci) GM engine makes 750 hp       without needing any boost...which tells me that the guy who is using twin       turbos to boost the compression ratio of that 450ci Ford engine, isn't       doing something right. It should be making 1200-plus hp...                      R\%/itt                      ... Only those who will risk going too far can possibly        ... find out how far one can go ~ TS Eliot                     --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000-10        * Origin: Roiz Flying \A/ Service * South Texas * USA * (1:387/22)    |
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