Sorry to hear about this Tom. On two accounts really. I hate to see good money or a good engine go to waste on a friend of mine. The other reason is same as Chuck, I am blowing mine soon, I want to keep it from melting.
I intend low boost, low for me being 8 to 10 lbs I expect. In addition I am dropping the CR to about 8.2 which will be a help with detonation. Only a help mind, I'm using an Eaton and they heat the air more.
By rights we should be intercooling the charge. Subaru does. Mitsubishi does. Jaguar does. Mazda does. Toyota does.
What foolhardiness makes
us think that our engines can use forced induction onto high compression with no charge cooling and not have heat and detonation problems, against the weight of engineering knowledge and experience in all these major companies?
" Look Ma, the army is out of step with our Johnny "
Space for intercoolers is a problem in the SVX. I am thinking at the moment that a custom liquid/air intercooler built for the space back of the throttle bodies, like the early 90s Legacy Turbo, this is the way forward.
Joe
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