Ok I`m a little new to this, but just what are they talking about when I hear someone talk about detanation?
[IMG]kane[/IMG]

 

http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcrob/rt-fuel2.html

 

Thanks EZGZ.
Black 01 lighting
Helix bore spacer
LFP Cold air kit
LFP Superchip
LFP SVT Lighting Badge Overlays
6psi lower pully
Boost by pass kit
Sun Coast Ram air Hood
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Nice Ride Kane

 

well kane you need to lower your ride, you are sitting way to high.

 

Helix bore spacer? LMFAO!

That ranks right up there with plasma booster and the M166

 

More like crack buddy, cute truck...

 

Detonation is the #1 most important thing you need to know if you are going to mod your truck at all. Nearly every severe engine failure on a Lightning (or any supercharged engine for that matter) is caused by detonation.

Prime causes:

1) too much timing
2) too low octane
3) too lean
4) too much boost for a given timing/octane/air-fuel

Buying a mail-order chip is like playing russian roulette.

 

Rather then talking ***** why don't you guys help him out.

Kane, very eye catching truck I must say. Detonation(sp?) is the the cylinder firing before the piston reaches top dead center. That is what cause all the bent and broken rods. Get a nice safe tune and you will be safe. Best of luck with your truck. -Mat-

 

Talking ***** is easier, with your amount of posts one would think you have figured out that the majority of the posts here involve talking *****. Rarely do problems actually get solved, but hey thanks anways.

 

We are trying to help him. It's a quick lesson in good taste and effective spending.

 

SVT F150:

Yuo have no idea what you're talking about. The phenomenon you described is actually "ignition timing advance", NOT, and I repeat NOT, "detonation".

If you really believe that detonation is "the cylinder firing before TDC", you need to send your chip back to your tuner (or get a chip) and have it burned to cause the ignition to fire at TDC (or after that, I suppose). Install that chip, and WELCOME TO THE LIGHTNING 17-SECOND CLUB!

Every Lightning on the road (with the possible exception of yours) fires WAAAY before the piston reaches TDC.

I could tell you what detonation really is, but you'll learn it better and remember it longer if forced to research it yourself.

 

See he's from Florida, smart guy right here..

 

I am going by what I have been told by quite a few "reliable sources" but believe me I have been known to be wrong before. I am man enough to admit it, if that is the case. Sorry if I have been misinformed. -Mat-

 

To each his own, I personally am not a fan but that is ok. I dislike all the flashy trucks on this site with the exception of maybe one or two. It is all good though. I for one put money to go fast parts, others don't. Why I don't know. -Mat-