7duster4
Well-Known Member
I was talking to a buddy of mine about my 318. I had it rebuilt a few years ago. All the machine work was done by a very well known engine builder who spends more time building mopar engines than anything else. Its just what he prefers and I have regarded him as a very knowledgable guy when it comes to this stuff. He said he raised my compression to 9:1 since low compression was always the biggest drawback on these.
My buddy dosn't think I have 9:1. Basically becuase my engine dosn't ping. Anytime I get gas I usually just use the mid 89 octane. If I take it down the track I put 93 in it. I have never heard pinging. So my question is would a 9:1 318 ping with 89 octane gas? I have about 10,000 miles on this engine I would really hate the fact that my engine isn't what builder said it would be. That sure would be a total dissapointment.
Any thoughts or helpful info is appreciated, thanks.
My buddy dosn't think I have 9:1. Basically becuase my engine dosn't ping. Anytime I get gas I usually just use the mid 89 octane. If I take it down the track I put 93 in it. I have never heard pinging. So my question is would a 9:1 318 ping with 89 octane gas? I have about 10,000 miles on this engine I would really hate the fact that my engine isn't what builder said it would be. That sure would be a total dissapointment.
Any thoughts or helpful info is appreciated, thanks.