if you just throw a small turbo onto a 160,000 km old stock F5A which runs great. how much boost would u run and would u do any decompression by shaving the pistons or something and if you ran too much boost what would blow??
what happens when you run to much boost what actually blows??
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You'd have to run three tenths of f*ck all boost, and it would probably blow at anything over 10psi, either by blowing the rings, melting a piston or spitting the head gasket.
Don't forget that if you were to turbo it you'd have to re-curve the dizzy and fit an electric fuel pump amongst other things.
Your money would be better spent on building a decompressed F8B.
Don't forget that if you were to turbo it you'd have to re-curve the dizzy and fit an electric fuel pump amongst other things.
Your money would be better spent on building a decompressed F8B.
F8B EFI turbo - Three pots and a snail.
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Can you explain the process of decompressing a f8b for us all pls brayden??
Sounds like fun!!!!
Sounds like fun!!!!
Not much to explain! Decompressing simply means lowering the compression ratio to allow for more boost without pre-detonation. You can do it the cheap way and throw on an extra head gasket or two, but that throws the cam timing out. The proper way is to use dished/shaved pistons. If the motor needs rebuilding then it would make sense to fit new pistons at that time.
The standard F8B has a compression ratio of about 8:1, which is pretty low anyway, so you wouldn't need to decompress by much.
The standard F8B has a compression ratio of about 8:1, which is pretty low anyway, so you wouldn't need to decompress by much.
F8B EFI turbo - Three pots and a snail.