Why do you like 98 Octane fuel?
does it make your Golf go faster?
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:39, archived)

regular 95 unleaded
knocks more. and it's a saab.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:40, archived)

Shell V-power
for my MX5.
/edit - damn that song is going to be stuck in my head now.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:42, archived)

ah good
I currently have some deathmetal screech noise that was sent to me by a Randomburner, but outside of the official apparatus, rattling round my cranium.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:49, archived)

Maybe I'll put some Man of Kin on
that should drive everything else out.
( The Cat's Mother Not a People Person., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:53, archived)

Gregorian chants FTW
stopping every verse to administer a whack to the head with a wooden board
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:56, archived)

Does your saab not have knock sensors then?
(I wasn't aware saab made an engine big enough to demand 98)
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:43, archived)

my V6 does not
and only 2 oxygen sensors, one of which is out.

The cars at work don't have knock sensors either, they imply knock from piston velocity calculations. Knock sensors ain't everything. Anyway, I'd rather not retard the spark advance on sensing knock if I can not get so much knock in the first place.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:46, archived)

calculating piston velocity?
fucking hell, how do they manage to do that? multiple crank position sensors?
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:49, archived)

neural network in the EMS.
no it's not BS.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:50, archived)

I'm only just learning about ECUs to start with
getting my head around Motronic 1.3, let alone EMS :(
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 21:58, archived)

Bosch invented CAN
without that I'd not be in my current job.

So Bosch is ace.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 22:00, archived)

That stuff goes wayyyyy over my head
If I can't solve it with a can of carb cleaner, I'm not interested
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 22:03, archived)

He was a boy of soft demeanour
and he loved his carburettor cleaner
the vapour made a sweet aroma
he sniffed himself into a coma...

(Lacquer Head, Primus)
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 22:08, archived)