I am really glad this thread is still moving along, everybody is putting in some great comments.
Like I said before, I am no pro engine builder, I just do this as a hobby, so I don’t know what is text book correct or not. I just try to use my common sense. I have always heard the head makes the power and the bottom end keeps it all together.
You know I design bicycles for a living. Think about how many different ideas have been done before for a bike frame, So when I approach a new design it is never something obvious, and it is never anything that hasn’t been done before. what is always the difference is how the design and engineering aspects are put together. A little here and a little there all add up, and when I get it just right, wow it’s is just right. Remember it’s the sum of the parts that make up the whole project. So just an intake, or just a port job, or just fuel injection won’t do it alone. It is how all of these things act and work together, nothing too big nor too small.
So I have been working on my turbo project for years now, trying to keep the same approach of everything working together. The right size turbo, the right size header, the intake, plumbing ect. Even down to the hardware that will hold it all together. I am hoping I have the same luck when it’s all finished someday.
Hey since we’re talking about crazy welded heads, have you guys ever seen the pics of my welded CNC machined head? It was a P-90. The ports and chambers have all been designed in Pro Engineer and the CFD validation run in Starr CCM + The Plugs have been angled towards the exhaust valves and the intake ports raised as much as possible, even welded up the two center exhaust ports to make them the exact same size and shape as the others. I had to weld up and reshape the flange surface for the raised ports. The thermo housing outlet and fuel pump mount have also been welded up and shaved off, It will be running reverse coolant through a bolt on distribution manifold similar to the 432 motor.
Just like you guys are saying “how is that little cam be making good power†I want to hear how is that little turbo making 500+ HP. We’ll see.
Remember the devil is in the details:twisted:
Jeff
here is the intake I designed but have not built yet, You can see the cooland fitting integrated into the mounting flange