I myself was thinking about running a turbo on my Tracker (I am an ex turbo Dodge guy I love minny mopars) I was just wondering how your engine is holding up are the rods strong enough? is the crank strong enough? how about the exhaust valves? and what octane gas are you running for 4 psi with an intercooler?
oooh and on your site you were talking about needing more fuel for higher boost levels have you considered running an extra injector and running 2 fuel pumps?
The engine is holding up fine, I reused the stock pistons, and if I had the
extra $$ I would have got a set of low compression forged pistons to put
in the trucklet. As far as Rods, we are lucky we drive Suzukis, the rods in
the Suzuki engines are like real engines, not like Honda rods that look
like toys in comparison. And over all I'm talking about double the stock
80HP output, not a very high demand on the internals anyway.
The exhaust valves are stainless, I would recomend these for all rebuilds.
At 4PSI boost and intercooler I can run 87 RON with no ping except under
the most demanding hard acceleration, and I think that is due to a lean
condition, not the octane.
I have 2 fuel pumps, 1 injector |removethispart|@ 80 PSI, I'm going to add the MegaSquirt
injection computer soon to handle the boost chore, and the stock system
will handle the idle thru 1 PSI chores. I have 4x28Lb injectors to add to the
manifold, this will more than handle the increased boost all the way to 8 PSI +
I am also considering water/methol injection, but only if I have ping problems
at full boost, this would allow you to run 87 RON full time, yet offer engine
performance and protection in times of high demand, kind of an economy
thing for DD guys that only want to run 91 RON when offroad or mudding
and the engine is going to be pushed to full power alot.
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