Intercooled draw through turbo...
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The Kaboom device I was thinking about is a traditional air-to-air intercooler hung in front of the radiator. Your device is a lot different. It's close to the intake, it feeds from the bottom condensed fuel a chance to get rehomogenized, and is liquid cooled, therefore more consistent.
Still, I think a random backfire could be very impressive!
Still, I think a random backfire could be very impressive!
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I wouldn' think there are all that many issues with a setup as short as his is. The mixture is very hot coming out of the compressor section, and I doubt there is really all that much drop-out across the intercooler.
Of course, as Jack points out, any time you have a sizable volume of homogenous fuel/air, you have the potential for a VERY exciting backfire!
More pics to come tomorrow.
SM - this is a drag race only car. This is the basically the same set up as Ak Miller used on street cars except I'm using a much larger carb. He used a heated carb adapter for cold weather drivability. I'm not saying this is the way to go. This is what I used. Ran it without the intercooler - ran a little better with it. It started fine - the same as my tri-power NA set up.
54Ford - through the plexiglass cover I observed that when the engine was loaded the air/fuel mixture sprayed up through the bottom of the intercooler. When it hit the top of the intercooler to make the turn to go over and down into the manifold, the fuel piled up in a liquid state then reatomized as it went across and down. It was quite enlightening to view. I plan on adapting MPFI to my log - it could be a trick.
SM - this is a drag race only car. This is the basically the same set up as Ak Miller used on street cars except I'm using a much larger carb. He used a heated carb adapter for cold weather drivability. I'm not saying this is the way to go. This is what I used. Ran it without the intercooler - ran a little better with it. It started fine - the same as my tri-power NA set up.
54Ford - through the plexiglass cover I observed that when the engine was loaded the air/fuel mixture sprayed up through the bottom of the intercooler. When it hit the top of the intercooler to make the turn to go over and down into the manifold, the fuel piled up in a liquid state then reatomized as it went across and down. It was quite enlightening to view. I plan on adapting MPFI to my log - it could be a trick.
