10's on $5,000 ?

When the car and combo isn’t “junk”.......it’s not as obvious as 14.35@117.

What if it was 11.40@117, but you were expecting 118-119.
Is it making enough power to run 118-119 and the converter is slipping too much, or the fuel pump can’t keep up?
Or does it only make enough power to go 117.
What about 11.10@117.
Is it running into a valvetrain stability issue at the top end? Converter slipping?