delete intercooler; add nitrous
Could you explain this a little bit more? As I see it, 800HP worth of oxygen is 800HP worth of oxygen, no matter how did you stuff it in the cylinders...
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Perhaps. . .
- Oxygen distribution is better with a turbo than a plate N2O setup?
- Turbo's are self-limiting at low rpm, whereas you can hit the engine with 400 hp of nitrous at idle and blow it sky high?
- Turbo combo's are tuned better since you drive around all the time with it on?
- The extra residual exhaust gas in the cylinder (forced there by large amounts of backpressure imposed by the turbine) acts as a "cushion" when detonation occurs?
- The mechanics of the burn could be different, also. Think about what happens when you turn on the oxygen on an oxy-acetylene torch.
It could be none, any, or all of these.
I run 17 psi boost on my LT1 (~450 hp worth of boost alone). I drive it about once a week and hit full boost at least 2-3 times. I've been doing this for 18 months on the current engine with no issues at all. I really doubt you could do that with a 450 shot of nitrous.
Mike
