Mark Pietz
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My goal is to run a max of 7 lbs. Boost and mostly to maintain near-stock performance at high altitudes.
Tonight I was perusing the 1st edition of mcinnes' book (1973). I have his 1978 edition that I bought when it came out. The second edition is far more polished, but at the expense of a lot of really cool, rare pics of early prototyping and the deletion of several "rules of thumb" and helpful tips. For example, I really should try to put my smog air pump back on as it is actually beneficial in adding about 25 extra "free" cfm for spinning the turbo; specifics on building a water injection system, and a better explanation of the relationship between carburetor (or exhaust) restriction and flow across the cylinder wrt limiting boost. And so on. Reading both really rounds out my understanding of the whole subject.
Aside from the earlier mention of the pics of the first Scout turbo prototype done by trw in 1963 (my guess as to year, as it went into production in late 1964), there is a pic of the prototype turbo corvair engine in 1961, same engine with rochester f.I. Adapted to it, details on the 1962 olds jetfire turbo setup, etc.
Tonight I was perusing the 1st edition of mcinnes' book (1973). I have his 1978 edition that I bought when it came out. The second edition is far more polished, but at the expense of a lot of really cool, rare pics of early prototyping and the deletion of several "rules of thumb" and helpful tips. For example, I really should try to put my smog air pump back on as it is actually beneficial in adding about 25 extra "free" cfm for spinning the turbo; specifics on building a water injection system, and a better explanation of the relationship between carburetor (or exhaust) restriction and flow across the cylinder wrt limiting boost. And so on. Reading both really rounds out my understanding of the whole subject.
Aside from the earlier mention of the pics of the first Scout turbo prototype done by trw in 1963 (my guess as to year, as it went into production in late 1964), there is a pic of the prototype turbo corvair engine in 1961, same engine with rochester f.I. Adapted to it, details on the 1962 olds jetfire turbo setup, etc.