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Originally Posted by Topless
PK2,
Yes, In a word I think the Honda, Nissan, Mitsu. motors are much stronger ... Essentially zero internal parts are available and there is no aftermarket for internal racing parts.... You are a pioneer. You are blazing a path over the dead bodies of others who have pushed the ...It's your car....
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That’s incredible, 200hp/liter. How can a “highly developed” Porsche motor be put to shame like that? It’s to bad there’s no internal aftermarket stuff for these things. Guess there’s just not the market volume out there. (Maybe if more people like Gary and me start blowing up motors, a market will develop
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11:1 comp. ratio and the potential for detonation has been on my mind from day one. Currently I spike my pump fuel with racing fuel to mitigate that possibility.
From what I’ve read & heard from reasonably credible sources, H2O/methanol injection is quite good at mitigating detonation issues and, it doesn’t depend on any airflow or any optimal positioning to function effectively. So if that’s the primary issue, I may have it licked (in principle).
Of the litany of catastrophes you mentioned, have you personally seen them in conjunction with a well tuned, forced induction Boxster under real world conditions? (I’m really & truly curious). I’ve had just about every failure you’ve mentioned on cars while doing nothing at all heroic (my old stock 928 threw a rod while idling in the driveway).
If your professional opinion is that I’m already on the bleeding edge…hmmm…I dunno…and what about Gary’s car…
Thanks allot for your input,
PK
P.S. Chuck Yeager, pleeeze. More like PeeWee Herman at a soapbox derby...