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Old Feb 16, 2016 | 04:52 PM
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Ok , I knew my brain would get in the way of this simple, low boost turbo set up Ive been planning, .
My dynamic compression is 8.82....static is 10.7. Im building a single turbo, BLOW-THROUGH CARB set-up without an inner cooler, but with water-meth. I want to safely (somewhat) run between 6 and 8 lbs of boost. Do I have to change out my cam and lower my dynamic to live with my low boost plan? What is my dynamic/boosted/effective compression ratio?
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No boost for you!
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Yall aint doin crap for my confidence in this endeavor! LOL. Anyone with some higher level intell on the subject?
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Lol.. Sorry man jus had to! But for real good luck!
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Btw though. Not sure of your cam specs but im runnin a 235/243 with .630 /.610 lift an i was told that runnin a cam of that spec i jus wouldnt get as much power per # of boost as you would with a turbo oriented cam.. Hope that helps you a lil anyways...
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Btw though. Not sure of your cam specs but im runnin a 235/243 with .630 /.610 lift an i was told that runnin a cam of that spec i jus wouldnt get as much power per # of boost as you would with a turbo oriented cam.. Hope that helps you a lil anyways...
Check out "DCR revelation" on this board. I think I figured it out,
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DCR is only accurate at cranking speed to perhaps 1,500 RPM.
By 3,000 you have nearly your full nominal static CR.
If you don't have at least nominal static CR when your torque curve starts your cam is wayyy too big.
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DCR is only accurate at cranking speed to perhaps 1,500 RPM.
By 3,000 you have nearly your full nominal static CR.
If you don't have at least nominal static CR when your torque curve starts your cam is wayyy too big.
The cam im gonna use is the LS9 with 1.8 rockers.
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