Andy Ball wrote to Roy Witt:

 AB> Hello Roy,

 RW>> Ewwwww. I grew up in IL...snow and ice isn't my
 >> favorite weather. I left IL in 1966 and have only
 >> been back to visit.

 AB> We don't get as much snow as we used to.

LOL! I remember snow in Illinois that covered up the 1st story of a house
and piled up to the roof when the wind blew. Times when you couldn't go
anywhere because you couldn't get out the front door.

 RW>> No time like the present to learn stick. It's not
 >> that hard to do.

 AB>     I have suggested that but he needs a car now to get to
 AB> work every day and it'll probably take him a while to gain enough
 AB> comfort in a "stick shift" to do that.

I have only one car that is a stick shift. It is cumbersome to drive if I
haven't driven it in a while. My Z28 is a garage queen and doesn't get out
much around here.

 RW>> 22.5:1 is low?

 AB>     I'd have to look up some European cars to compare that
 AB> with.  That's what I've been told though.

Ideally a diesel compression ratio can be within a 15-20:1 ratio to be
efficient. Of course, the higher number will be more efficient. Too high
and you get a compression damaging engine knock similar to a gasoline
engine with a 10-12:1 compression ratio using low octane gasoline. My GM
4.7L V8 diesel was 22.5:1. The problem I had with it was that it didn't
generate enough torque to back up a small incline...

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