engine damage

[jellie]

help-can anyone explain what detonation is why and how it damages your engine and what causes it?
thanks

[lanciachris]

http://forums.stangnet.com/archive/index.php/t-403229.html

[jellie]

thanks lanciachris im all the wiser a ggod tune and decent fuel it is

[lanciachris]

I try not to think about detonation Ever since a had a jaguar v12 - try combining a very high compression engine with a fuelling system that tends to make things run lean. If you thought about it all day youd never drive it in fear!