mikestang63
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wait... 93 doesn't burn hotter than 89? Next you'll tell me a 160 stat doesn't make your car run cooler thatn a 192.
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wait... 93 doesn't burn hotter than 89? Next you'll tell me a 160 stat doesn't make your car run cooler thatn a 192.
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You don't say! Step into my office...
Daaaaang. I'm in the wrong business. I had no idea you could spend that much on a headstone. I think I'll make my own out of concrete..
You will never be able to get a carb to provide fuel sequentially. You cant make a carb provide more or less fuel to just one cylinder. You cant get the carb to change when it delivers the fuel. All of this is done with EFI. Carb? Nope, nadda, aint a gonna happen. Carbs have their place. In the not to distant future that place will be with the doo doo bird. And yes, I work on carbed cars almost daily.
yes and no... E85 burns cooler but wont actually cool the inlet charge the same as a carb will.
meth on the other hand will cool the charge but its injected pre throttle body
meth on the other hand will cool the charge but its injected pre throttle body
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Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger ran a Camaro at Bonneville with a centrifugal blower blowing thru a carb. They stated they didn't use an intercooler because the atomization from the carb actually drops the intake charge temp 100 degrees. I had to back it up and play that part again, because I didn't think I heard it right..
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Be interested in what fuel they used. Not saying it's impossible by any means, maybe even possible with e85.
That would definitely be an advantage to a carb setup though, which I hadn't considered. They're still dumb
I frequent a lot of turbo sites and something I've noticed is a lot of people have the misconception that they don't need to run an intercooler on their street driven e85 setups because it keeps IATs down enough on its own. Which is just beyond me how they come up with that one. It helps lower combustion temps over pump gas I'm sure, but that's a little tougher for the average guy to measure. Be interested in that data though. I think that misconception probably comes from the EFI guys overhearing the blow-thru carb guys and running with it.
My car will be using meth, as e85 isn't available where I live. It's not something I'm all that excited about doing but seems to be a necessity being limited to 93 octane.
I recently switched from C16 to Pro E85 and I noticed right off that the engine took a lot longer to warm up. Even after a pass driving back down the return road and back to the pits, the car ran a good 20 degrees cooler. And this is with starting the run about 30-40 degrees warmer engine temp than what I would run with C16. With the C16 I tried to keep the engine very cool, as in the temp gauge had not hit 120 degrees yet, while with the E85 I am starting the run at about 140-150 degrees. BTW I have an engine oil pan heater and I like to keep the oil over 180 degrees before making a pass.
the heat issue is a byproduct of running on any alcohol based fuel... few guys i know have had issues even getting heat into the motor with it. i really wish we could run M1 with the 85mm on the race car to help keep the temps down. with the solid filled block once it gets warm... it stays warm.... for a long time!!!
Everyone knows NOS is where it's at for a lawnmowerMaybe he was trying to turbo it one winter when he was bored
Just wait until the "Lawn Outlaws" TV show comes along and proves once and for all that turbos are better on a lawnmower.
In the early nineties Jeep guys were putting m90s on there in line 4 liter. The extra fuel was accomplished with 1 injector from a TBI running only 15 pounds of fuel pressure. Injecting the fuel before the blower not only atomized the fuel but there is no need for an intercooler as the air charge dropped down about 60 degrees.
