Not sure if theres a good way of asking this but is there a safe temp number I should be looking for when using my exhaust temp gauge? The gauge high point is 1500 degrees I run bown on gas the motor is a flathead not an easy combination to play with. But as we all know if we want easy Land Speed Racing would not be what we would do. To date I have run the mile and mile and a half so any ideas?
An intercooler would help but might be a problem with added blower height. Front mounted blower into intercooler if room.
Water injection might be simpler. Turbocharging book by Hugh McGiness [ HP BOOKS] explains a lot. Chart in same book by Ricardo should make you a believer.
Also talks about 3 stages of turbos in superstock tractor pulling, that's 2 blowers into another blower into another blower, multiplying boost at each stage and ending up with 250 lbs boost
with all those blowers no room for intercoolers so 3 gal min of water injection
Also a centrifugal supercharger would lower your intake temperature a lot depending on how much boost, about 100 degrees at 14 lbs boost 70 degree day and 12.5 lbs atmosphere
We have had problems running water injection in past, make sure cylinders are water free after run, we have had rusting and eching of cyl walls even after spraying a bunch of WD40 into intake after a run with motor running.
We now remove spark plugs and give about 3 good squirts of motor oil in each cylinder and turn motor over with starter.
JL222