2.4L LE5 supercharged
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2.4L LE5 supercharged
I have a few questions about supercharging a N/A 2.4 SS. To anyone that has done it, is it worth it? Will I have engine problems? My SS has 145k miles on it so I know I risk blowing the engine, but obviously don't want that to happen. How much am I going to end up spending? Thanks in advance.
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If you read the threads in the forum you posted in you will find all of your answers.
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...through-80620/
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...through-80620/
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Man, im prodding at this one.. there has to be a point to when you would drop. i mean, at what point do you have too much air and fuel in a small compressed state. Unless youre implying that it would be unrealistic to go over a certain point of boost on these cars??
If you can explain in the least amount of words, that would be a challenge because im sure it has a long winded explanation...
If you can explain in the least amount of words, that would be a challenge because im sure it has a long winded explanation...
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If ever in a pickle, do you know how to tune at all? Ive got the general concept down. Just never could find anyone in the area...
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Man, im prodding at this one.. there has to be a point to when you would drop. i mean, at what point do you have too much air and fuel in a small compressed state. Unless youre implying that it would be unrealistic to go over a certain point of boost on these cars??
If you can explain in the least amount of words, that would be a challenge because im sure it has a long winded explanation...
If you can explain in the least amount of words, that would be a challenge because im sure it has a long winded explanation...
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So, at what point can there be too much air for a cylinder to hold before it is no longer efficient??? Or am i way off track in my questioning?
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The general issue is higher compression leads to higher cylinder pressures and more heat which requires extra cooling and higher octane to prevent detonation or per-igntition. So the compression ratio you want to run really depends on what cooling mods, fuel, and how close to the edge you want to run it.
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Good explanation!
There has to be posts out there, but for just a quick reference... how much boost is permissible on 93, for an LE5 before detonation or pre-ignition occurs?
Would a dual-pass help with combating this???
Good reference to come back to ill say
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That's not how it works. It's not about boost. It's the timing. Higher compression tends to knock on lower octane gas with little timing. When I was on 93 we could only run 10 degrees of timingbefore it would knock. Now on e85 I'm at 23 degrees.
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