Is pinging capable of producing more power?

[RB20ZED]

Hi i have a rb20 in my zed and i was wondering wether bashing my cas into the land of advance till it pings will gain me reliable hp. I have feeling it should as sst does this and it works for them, or is it that i need a wolf v4 tuned by steve to get it all right....

[RB30-POWER]

You make maximum power, just before detonation or pinging occurs.

Usually a tuner will add timing advance until he hits the detonation point, then retard it a few degress.

Detonation will kill your car very very quickly.

[RB30-POWER]

Also advancing the CAS on an RB20DET wouldn't be recommended, its already tuned for high octane Jap fuel as it is.

And as you know even our premium is pissweak, wouldnt even get ya high.

[BoOsTeD_RB26]

hahaha I think you'll find it's a piss take man.

lmfao

[RB30-POWER]

Bah, you can never be sure

[BoOsTeD_RB26]

Yeah true.

I could be wrong though.... I wasn't having a go. I just thought it was amusing. Check the W.A section.... Quite a bit of tension.

[25GTT]

*slap* here we go again.... this thread is goin to go no where fast......

[Busky2k]

Actually yeah light pinging can actually produce more power because the cylinder pressures are even higher than normal combustion conditions, so thus you get more torque. Heavy pinging usually doesnt produce lots more power however because the pressures are so uncontrolled. But yes obviously in both conditions its detrimental to your engine..

[RB30-POWER]

  Busky2k said:

Actually yeah light pinging can actually produce more power because the cylinder pressures are even higher than normal combustion conditions, so thus you get more torque. Heavy pinging usually doesnt produce lots more power however because the pressures are so uncontrolled. But yes obviously in both conditions its detrimental to your engine..

Yeah ok, i understand what you said.

But to even get a little bit of pinging, wouldn't you be to close to the edge, if something changed a little, lower ron fuel for example, the light pinging will change to major pinging?

But anyway, what you said is probally true, not doubting that.

But who the hell would want an extra 3kw by putting their motor on the edge, i wouldnt beleive any tuner would tune to that extreme?

Maybe good for a dyno/power run to impress your mates, enhance the figures a little

[RedRocket]

I think it would result in more power, as when it pings itself to death you would most likely rebuild the engine with stronger internals that could handle more power. then you would feel obliged to make the most of it with the appropriate external mods etc. could take some time though...