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MISHI wrote:Make sure and keep your fuel quality at best... no super fuel. Use premium and a good octant booster/ fuel treatment from time to time...
Brakes and clutch take more strain with a turbocharged vehicle... so you may want to invest in better qualities in both if you haven't done so already.
Always make sure as posted above, to check oil levels and radiator as well... Buy good quality fluids/ parts to upkeep the vehicle
As well it would be beneficial to have three main gauges
Boost (Or boost controller would be fine)
Air Fuel (Or better yet Exhause gas temp)
Oil pressure
Don't ever drive the vehicle boosted and then shut it off immeadiately. Take your time and drive slow for a while before you reach where you are going... if not, park and leave to idle a minute or two or invest in a turbo timer...
Always inspect your mounts for wear.. especially if it's a conversion...
Beware of yourself... having a car with the amount of power can make you confident to do things with your right foot ... sometimes it makes you do stupid things. Keep your discipline as best you can...
Boost (Or boost controller would be fine)
Air Fuel (Or better yet Exhause gas temp)
Oil pressure
Brakes and clutch take more strain with a turbocharged vehicle... so you may want to invest in better qualities in both if you haven't done so already.
Don't ever drive the vehicle boosted and then shut it off immeadiately. Take your time and drive slow for a while before you reach where you are going... if not, park and leave to idle a minute or two or invest in a turbo timer...
Beware of yourself... having a car with the amount of power can make you confident to do things with your right foot ... sometimes it makes you do stupid things. Keep your discipline as best you can...
putting super gas in a turbo engine can cause detonation due to the lower octane
mitsu4life wrote:i think the EGT guage is more recomended than a narrow band AFR guage becuse you have a range of temperatures that you know is safe, a narrow band will say you rich,lean or stoich an not very rich or very lean...it still better to have than nothin at all
someone care to elaborate more on this
i interested to see what is the red residue cuz i have no idea it even had a red residue
my view is that the turbo timer is higher priority than the guages
Avoid super.... don't waste your time... just use premium... you are going into a different realm of engine now.
ALWAYS check under the hood when you have the chance... learn where are you oil lines and so on, turbo vehicles are higher maintenance than n/a cars, but will do well once properly cared for.
Also make sure you have chosen a proper oil and viscosity and stick with it... try not mix oils of different brands and definitely not different viscosities.
your coolant system should also be up to scratch to prevent any major malfunctions.... lots of good info in the thread otherwise.
also what about if I used super with a water injection kit?....would that alow me the use of super over the premium?
now water injection works by lowering your intake charge temps decreasing the chances of pre ignition/detonation it doesnt raise your octante so to my thinking i dont see y it shouldnt work but is it worth buy a water injection kit just to run super gas?
And what about the red residue that super leaves?, would not that clog the injectors sooner?
the red residue i think is lead?? i leave that for someone else to answer
Air Fuel (Or better yet Exhause gas temp)
With that said, if I use Super, and mix it with say toluene to raise the octane, would that work in place of premium?...also what about if I used super with a water injection kit?....would that alow me the use of super over the premium?
^^I read your replies on that. Which is why I gave ^^that reply.
Why are you so bent on using Super AND premium?
it was more a matter of information, and what-if scenarios
Adding a GALLON or more of toluene to your tank, will only give you about a 0.5 to 0.6 increase in RON octane at BEST (I can do the calcs to show if you want). So that doesn't make much sense either.
Methanol will give you the effect of an octane increase, but it's just adding more parts to go bad to your fuel system... you don't want to rely on that type of injection for a daily driven vehicle.... it's better for racing applications IMO.... and definitely not something you want to rely on for standard fuel enrichment.... you can always add it later for a frequent power boost.
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