Disappointed w blower performance
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St. Jude Donor '15
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Mods did nothing.. Way to thank a vet 
After that i stayed off the forum like 3yrs.
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Btw, the cam car he referred to was tuned by me too.
Epi, it won't be until July. Luckily, meth is really easy to deal with.
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Dave,
I ordered the meth kit yesterday. I won't be home until 19-20 June. Are you moving in early July? I have a couple of planned days off on the 25th and on just for a few days but I'll be out of state again.
I'll get with Chad to work out the days.
Thanks.
I ordered the meth kit yesterday. I won't be home until 19-20 June. Are you moving in early July? I have a couple of planned days off on the 25th and on just for a few days but I'll be out of state again.
I'll get with Chad to work out the days.
Thanks.
I can see a flex fuel rig in my future.
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I know nothing about tuning, or how high IATs get on a boosted car, but I consider myself very well experienced with hot weather. I have not seen any really hot temperatures at all in the Illinois region yet this year. I think the highest I've seen was 86 degrees. Are we saying a boosted car, safely tuned without meth, can't cope with this temperature?
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I know nothing about tuning, or how high IATs get on a boosted car, but I consider myself very well experienced with hot weather. I have not seen any really hot temperatures at all in the Illinois region yet this year. I think the highest I've seen was 86 degrees. Are we saying a boosted car, safely tuned without meth, can't cope with this temperature?
It's more the physics of it.. hot air=more likely to have spark knock, supercharger or not. Even GM's tunes from the factory start pulling timing around 86*F intake air temps, so it's completely normal to pull timing at some point to avoid knock
You can either cool the air down via meth, add more octane, or reduce timing to a point that it won't knock
Thus the reason so many people run meth. You get more octane and it cools down intake air temps.
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It depends what you mean by "cope"
It's more the physics of it.. hot air=more likely to have spark knock, supercharger or not. Even GM's tunes from the factory start pulling timing around 86*F intake air temps, so it's completely normal to pull timing at some point to avoid knock
You can either cool the air down via meth, add more octane, or reduce timing to a point that it won't knock
Thus the reason so many people run meth. You get more octane and it cools down intake air temps.
It's more the physics of it.. hot air=more likely to have spark knock, supercharger or not. Even GM's tunes from the factory start pulling timing around 86*F intake air temps, so it's completely normal to pull timing at some point to avoid knock
You can either cool the air down via meth, add more octane, or reduce timing to a point that it won't knock
Thus the reason so many people run meth. You get more octane and it cools down intake air temps.
The good news is that an Alky Meth kit is on the way and that should take care of the safety concern and power loss.