Supercharging, your thoughts?
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Supercharging, your thoughts?
Not that I have the money right now or anything, but I've been thinking about forced induction a little lately. What I'd really like to know is if its possible to run 89 octane fuel with a 6 - 8 pound supercharger. What kind of mods would you have to install? colder plugs help? how about the 180 t-stat? would an msd have any influence? or isretarding the ignition the only way to keepit from detonating?
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I would imagine that 89 would work okay for a supercharged engine considering the SC frontiers only require 87. But if you thought mpg sucked in these trucks before, definitely don't expect it to get better. You are looking at 2-3 mpg drop w/ a SC.
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The cooler plugs are to help the detonation issues.
You will need someone to tune it (or a safe tune from the SC manufacturer). 89 is a pipe dream. I run 94 in mine with an aggressive tune. I can run 91 if I use one of my other tunes. The lower the octane the higher the chance for detonation andas a result the higher the chance of boom.
You will need someone to tune it (or a safe tune from the SC manufacturer). 89 is a pipe dream. I run 94 in mine with an aggressive tune. I can run 91 if I use one of my other tunes. The lower the octane the higher the chance for detonation andas a result the higher the chance of boom.
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The cooler plugs are to help the detonation issues.
You will need someone to tune it (or a safe tune from the SC manufacturer). 89 is a pipe dream. I run 94 in mine with an aggressive tune. I can run 91 if I use one of my other tunes. The lower the octane the higher the chance for detonation andas a result the higher the chance of boom.
The cooler plugs are to help the detonation issues.
You will need someone to tune it (or a safe tune from the SC manufacturer). 89 is a pipe dream. I run 94 in mine with an aggressive tune. I can run 91 if I use one of my other tunes. The lower the octane the higher the chance for detonation andas a result the higher the chance of boom.
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RE: Supercharging, your thoughts?
Yes I understand that lowering the octane brings the engine closer to detonation. I only ask because my last rig had a high octane tune and more than once I ended up in a place that didn't have high octane fuel causeing me to detune the rig so I could use the fuel. Only problem with a supercharger is that you can't exactly pull the thing off if you can't get your hands on premuim fuel. I was just wondering if it could be done with a moderate tune and some tricks to bring the engine away from detonating.
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Yes I understand that lowering the octane brings the engine closer to detonation. I only ask because my last rig had a high octane tune and more than once I ended up in a place that didn't have high octane fuel causeing me to detune the rig so I could use the fuel. Only problem with a supercharger is that you can't exactly pull the thing off if you can't get your hands on premuim fuel. I was just wondering if it could be done with a moderate tune and some tricks to bring the engine away from detonating.
Yes I understand that lowering the octane brings the engine closer to detonation. I only ask because my last rig had a high octane tune and more than once I ended up in a place that didn't have high octane fuel causeing me to detune the rig so I could use the fuel. Only problem with a supercharger is that you can't exactly pull the thing off if you can't get your hands on premuim fuel. I was just wondering if it could be done with a moderate tune and some tricks to bring the engine away from detonating.
you can only retard the timing so much before it doesnt run. If your running a rig that needs 93+ octane, youll know where you have to go, and youll make sure you have enough gas left to get there.
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you can only retard the timing so much before it doesnt run. If your running a rig that needs 93+ octane, youll know where you have to go, and youll make sure you have enough gas left to get there.
you can only retard the timing so much before it doesnt run. If your running a rig that needs 93+ octane, youll know where you have to go, and youll make sure you have enough gas left to get there.
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Well said. +1
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If your running a rig that needs 93+ octane, youll know where you have to go, and youll make sure you have enough gas left to get there.
If your running a rig that needs 93+ octane, youll know where you have to go, and youll make sure you have enough gas left to get there.
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Yeah and in a perfect world that works great but sometimes s**t happens.
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Well said. +1
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If your running a rig that needs 93+ octane, youll know where you have to go, and youll make sure you have enough gas left to get there.
If your running a rig that needs 93+ octane, youll know where you have to go, and youll make sure you have enough gas left to get there.