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From the looks of the noodled wood you were very right about it making great slabs.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Wow. Maybe hold a few rounds for woodturning? Don't need a lathe just need to find someone who turns.
Joe, these motors have turbos, if the computer detects they can handle more boost (due to running higher octane fuel) they will no longer be low compression.
Not shure who you spoke to at the dealer, or what her level of expertise is, but I would give it a try.
I just got my manual and I'm going to call BS on the person you spoke to. The Manual says this: (page 189 on the right hand side)
The use of fuels (below 87 octane) could result in damage to your engine not covered by warranty.
"For best overall vehicle and engine performance, premium fuel with an octane rating of 91 or higher is recommended. The performance gained when using premium fuel is most noticeable in hot weather as well as … when towing a trailer."
"We recommend top tier detergent gasolines …" Premium fuel generally have better detergents.
They also caution you not to run out of fuel, as that can also cause damage not covered by warranty.
Do what you please, but I'm going to run premium. Direct injection injectors clog very easily.
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Went back to noodling the big chestnut for that couple today. This is today’s cutting. Lots of wood. About 1/2 done.
MechanicMatt
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Uncle Mike, those direct injection injectors are quite problematic indeed. I’ll give you a couple cans of a fuel additive you should run in a full tank every oil change.
Oz Lumberjack
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Went firewood scrounging on Anzac day holiday here in Australia. Some great loads of redgum. Trailer load is all dry ready to burn, the little dump truck load is all green needs to be split and stacked for next year.
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Looks like a great day! Excellent pics too. How's that 462 going?
Oz Lumberjack
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It's a awesome saw. Seems to be getting better with every tank I run through it. Even with that 25" bar with full chisel buried in that redgum stump which was had been down for years (Very hard - not geen) it didn't slow down.
Oz Lumberjack
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Was a great day out with the family. Even had the junior lumberjacks helping load the trailer
Mike the turbo won't up the pressure for better fuel, it would need a new map in the ECU for that. The extra power on a
Standard map comes purely from advancing the timing. If you are going to stick to high octane your can remap and probably get 30-50% more grunt from it. You'll void your warranty but.... It'll be quick.
Standard map comes purely from advancing the timing. If you are going to stick to high octane your can remap and probably get 30-50% more grunt from it. You'll void your warranty but.... It'll be quick.
They're quick anyways. Thought I might go get some more elm but it just keeps raining. Blahh
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Bobby Kirbos
Scrounger of Cellulose Based BTUs
The firewood fairy made another visit yesterday. What did she leave?
James Miller
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My coworker had a rental 3.5 expedition for a week while his truck was at the body shop. Couldn't believe how well that tank rolled out.
Multifaceted
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Bark looks like young oak, yellow sap wood suggests Black Oak Quercus velutina
Is it heavy and does it smell like oak?
Bobby Kirbos
Scrounger of Cellulose Based BTUs
Leaves don't look like oak though. I did some more looking.... black cherry perhaps?
I thought black cherry Bobby but the last pic didn't quite look like cherry bark. The leaves look pretty close to cherry.
Black Birch???
I think you may be wrong. If they designed the engine to run on high test, then had to modify the tune to enable it to run on regular (due to a court order), and if the computer detects the octane level (maybe just through knock sensors) then it will modify more than just the timing. Likely also boost level and VCT. The owners manual would not recommend high test if the engine were not programmed to benefit from it. Timing alone would not make a great difference.
Multifaceted
Firewood Hoarder, Axe Enthusiast
Ah, I thought those leaves were some other ground plant that happened to be in frame.
Yes, looking again the leaves, early flowers and fruit looks like black cherry. The bark doesn't, but sometimes it seems to not get all crackly and craggy until much later in life.
James Miller
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A couple of degrees of timing can easily make 20 or more hp at the wheels. But I would think the whole setup would be controlled by the ECU. Waste gates any kind of variable cam timing and so on.
