Curious about towing with a supercharger.
01-10-2016, 10:07 PM
#21
Mine does not heat soak that bad sitting in traffic idling in 100*+ texas summer heat with the AC on max. Iats about 30* above ambient. I used to daily drive mine everyday. Then again i do have a phenolic spacer maybe the bypass valve in the maggie helps. I could pull over and put my hand in the blower and it was warm and not burn my hand. I dunno just my experience. My old turbo setup was about the same.
01-10-2016, 11:06 PM
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IAT at idle in traffic is hot with a blower...iats from turbo cant be high from not spinning compressor
Now with a metal intake youll have heat soak...cocaine for example heat soaks with IAT in intake by firewall
Example project blue lightning....turbo output for IAT was 250* IAT2 which is in intake is 100* after a full 1320 pull
So motor isnt seeing high iat like a PD blower
Same truck would see 198-220* with ice on a 1320 pass
Yes a turbo gets hot but still best route for towing otherwise factory vehicles would have PD blowers to tow
Id love to see a PD blower tow for 6hrs and 9000lbs
Open it up and see how bad the tolerances of case became
Wait i did see a PD blower that was used for towing...blower was in desperate need of rebuild...this was from towing a camper
Now with a metal intake youll have heat soak...cocaine for example heat soaks with IAT in intake by firewall
Example project blue lightning....turbo output for IAT was 250* IAT2 which is in intake is 100* after a full 1320 pull
So motor isnt seeing high iat like a PD blower
Same truck would see 198-220* with ice on a 1320 pass
Yes a turbo gets hot but still best route for towing otherwise factory vehicles would have PD blowers to tow
Id love to see a PD blower tow for 6hrs and 9000lbs
Open it up and see how bad the tolerances of case became
Wait i did see a PD blower that was used for towing...blower was in desperate need of rebuild...this was from towing a camper
01-11-2016, 08:58 PM
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7-8 lbs of boost max. Fully loaded camper and truck bed puts in me around 7k.
Despite the hills in the Ozarks I haven't been in a position to need to run much more than a few lbs of boost. Even the steepest grades combined with the parachute like drag from the camper do I see the gauge hit 2-3, any more throttle and I'm accelerating up the grade which pointless.
Despite the hills in the Ozarks I haven't been in a position to need to run much more than a few lbs of boost. Even the steepest grades combined with the parachute like drag from the camper do I see the gauge hit 2-3, any more throttle and I'm accelerating up the grade which pointless.
01-26-2016, 11:48 AM
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7-8 lbs of boost max. Fully loaded camper and truck bed puts in me around 7k.
Despite the hills in the Ozarks I haven't been in a position to need to run much more than a few lbs of boost. Even the steepest grades combined with the parachute like drag from the camper do I see the gauge hit 2-3, any more throttle and I'm accelerating up the grade which pointless.
Despite the hills in the Ozarks I haven't been in a position to need to run much more than a few lbs of boost. Even the steepest grades combined with the parachute like drag from the camper do I see the gauge hit 2-3, any more throttle and I'm accelerating up the grade which pointless.
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