Can overlap increase octane tolerance?
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Can overlap increase octane tolerance? Hi, I was just pondering this thought: can overlap increase octane tolerance at certain rpm ranges? It seems to me that it might. At lower rpm's, you may have exhaust reversion into the intake tract, creating an EGR effect, lowering combustion temperatures, then there would be a certain rpm where the overlap is perfectly tuned for the engine, no reversion should occur, I see no benefit in this rpm range. Then there is the higher rpm range, where the momentum of both the intake and exhaust tracts will draw raw intake charge straight through the combustion chamber into the exhaust, cooling the combustion chamber on the way, in my eyes. It would seem in this rpm range that octane tolerance would be increased also, due to decreased combustion chamber temps. I know there are many other factors that would affect how this all would go down, but would this be true for the most part? Or would the results be negligible?
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So would it be safe to say that a 216/218 on 108+0 cam would have increased octane tolerance over a 216/220 on 110+2 on a 799 headed 6.0l with a stock truck intake, full length 1 3/4 headers, and free flowing single exhaust?
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Martin or Pred Z: which one would you use in a 2002 chev 2500 ccsb with 4.10's? Daily driver with occasional towing. Part throttle torque would be a goal, as would running 87 octane. Cruise rpm is about 2000 in o/d and 3000 in 3rd (that's the gear I'll be towing in). Stock 2500rpm 4l80 stall. The rest of the details are in the first and third post.
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Martin or Pred Z: which one would you use in a 2002 chev 2500 ccsb with 4.10's? Daily driver with occasional towing. Part throttle torque would be a goal, as would running 87 octane. Cruise rpm is about 2000 in o/d and 3000 in 3rd (that's the gear I'll be towing in). Stock 2500rpm 4l80 stall. The rest of the details are in the first and third post.
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Launching!
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Actually advancing the cam moves overlap to the intake side of TDC since you're closing the exhaust valve earlier. Also, along with raising the DCR, moving the events 2 degrees advanced will make much more under the curve power along with average power.
Last edited by Sales@Tick; Jan 17, 2013 at 01:53 PM.
