****. I am very sorry to see this Nick. That's a lot of cheese down the drain.
We have worked with a similar combo on a 2.2L car. 23psi and 93 octane. But we were at Gateway, ice loaded in the car, 57 degree IAT2 temps at the starting line, and only running 1/8 mile. That loooong 1:1 pull on a dyno with that boost and octane is very very risky. OJ lost a motor back in 2006 at KCIR with detonation/pump gas/14psi turbo as well. He was not happy.
A most very important variable, no matter what octane, boost level, compression, intercooling, etc...is cylinder to cylinder EGT. Tony and I have seen a very nice "Red Alert" brand system on a local car at the track during Midnight Madness. It's around $800-$1000, depending on desired options. There is an EGT sensor right at the exhaust port on each header tube.
Depending on conditions you program, the Red Alert system will break open or close a set of contacts when the temperature in any single (or combination) of cylinders exceeds a preset temperature. What you do with that change of state is up to you. The car Tony and I saw is a nitrous car. They shut the nitrous off with the contacts.
Anywho, all the information doesn't help you at all right now...but I just wanted to pass along. If you decide that you would like an additional level of protection from an event like this in the future, look into the Red Alert system.
Also, thank you very much for documenting your Eaton swap years ago. I have one going on in the garage over here right now. Your info has saved me a lot of time and money.
We have worked with a similar combo on a 2.2L car. 23psi and 93 octane. But we were at Gateway, ice loaded in the car, 57 degree IAT2 temps at the starting line, and only running 1/8 mile. That loooong 1:1 pull on a dyno with that boost and octane is very very risky. OJ lost a motor back in 2006 at KCIR with detonation/pump gas/14psi turbo as well. He was not happy.
A most very important variable, no matter what octane, boost level, compression, intercooling, etc...is cylinder to cylinder EGT. Tony and I have seen a very nice "Red Alert" brand system on a local car at the track during Midnight Madness. It's around $800-$1000, depending on desired options. There is an EGT sensor right at the exhaust port on each header tube.
Depending on conditions you program, the Red Alert system will break open or close a set of contacts when the temperature in any single (or combination) of cylinders exceeds a preset temperature. What you do with that change of state is up to you. The car Tony and I saw is a nitrous car. They shut the nitrous off with the contacts.
Anywho, all the information doesn't help you at all right now...but I just wanted to pass along. If you decide that you would like an additional level of protection from an event like this in the future, look into the Red Alert system.
Also, thank you very much for documenting your Eaton swap years ago. I have one going on in the garage over here right now. Your info has saved me a lot of time and money.
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