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Old 02-23-2014, 09:23 PM
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Default Re: JetFire

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What an amazing find. I would love to find one of those.

I am guessing you lowered the static compression ratio when you rebuilt it, down to 9.0 to 1 or lower.
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Nope. Compression is still 10.25:1. I added an adjustable vacuum advance and have had no detonation so far. Still tuning. The Methanol injection works great to stop the detonation and is boost-controlled using a complex pressure system!
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