I only know suck through Mike. Its all I've done so farkiwicar wrote:Interesting, not how I would calculate it on a blow through set up. May be suck through but not blow throughmgbv8 wrote:Another issue I would expect with the single plane mani is the front cylinders of the engine leaning out when racing. I have to put up with this on mine. Its not uncommon but it does need to be taken into account when tuning for racing with hard acceleration for sustained periods.
Its all down to budget really I guess.
This happens with or without boost when you stick a big carb on an open inlet manifold. It still happens on dual plane mani's but to a lesser extent.
I tune mine on the front plugs to make sure I have my safe mix up front for drag racing. I will soon be able to remove this issue when I fit my direct port nitrous injection kit. I will then be able to jet and tune fuel and nitrous to each cylinder.
This would be the formula I use for sizing a carb on your engine.
215 ci X 6000 max rpm / 3456 = 373.26 cfm.
Add in the boost factor. 1 bar is atmospheric pressure so 7psi of boost = 1.5 bar total pressure.
373.26 cfm x 1.5 = 559.89 cfm required from carb.
For 15 psi, call it 1 bar of boost you would need….
373.26 cfm x 2 = 746.52 carb cfm required
So the carb sizing is ok in my book for a drag race application where we dont really bother about part throttle use. I tune mine on the dyno at wide open throttle only and this has been fine for me
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Hi Perry
I always used a rule of thumb, for a road car or bike that the total throttle plate area seen by any cylinder should not be more than about 1.75 X valve curtain area (circumferance of valve times lift) other wise the throttle ceases to be effective, ie from about 2/3 peddle movment the throttle is effectivly fully open. certainly for a normally aspirated engine it is a good guide, for a blow through carburetor you might want to work of 1.5 X curtain area.
For a suck through carb then it is different as you have a constant draw on the carb from the blower and the air passes through uncompressed, I think your calculation is OK for that situation, mbut for this chap, I think he will have issues unless he screws the secondarys shut. I have seen a recent article in Car craft on a 454 chevy with a blow through turbo using a 650 mechanical secondary carb with 750 throttle plates, and it was not under carbed.
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I always used a rule of thumb, for a road car or bike that the total throttle plate area seen by any cylinder should not be more than about 1.75 X valve curtain area (circumferance of valve times lift) other wise the throttle ceases to be effective, ie from about 2/3 peddle movment the throttle is effectivly fully open. certainly for a normally aspirated engine it is a good guide, for a blow through carburetor you might want to work of 1.5 X curtain area.
For a suck through carb then it is different as you have a constant draw on the carb from the blower and the air passes through uncompressed, I think your calculation is OK for that situation, mbut for this chap, I think he will have issues unless he screws the secondarys shut. I have seen a recent article in Car craft on a 454 chevy with a blow through turbo using a 650 mechanical secondary carb with 750 throttle plates, and it was not under carbed.
Best regards
Mike
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Perry Stephenson
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Like I said Mike!kiwicar wrote:Hi Perry
I always used a rule of thumb, for a road car or bike that the total throttle plate area seen by any cylinder should not be more than about 1.75 X valve curtain area (circumferance of valve times lift) other wise the throttle ceases to be effective, ie from about 2/3 peddle movment the throttle is effectivly fully open. certainly for a normally aspirated engine it is a good guide, for a blow through carburetor you might want to work of 1.5 X curtain area.
For a suck through carb then it is different as you have a constant draw on the carb from the blower and the air passes through uncompressed, I think your calculation is OK for that situation, mbut for this chap, I think he will have issues unless he screws the secondarys shut. I have seen a recent article in Car craft on a 454 chevy with a blow through turbo using a 650 mechanical secondary carb with 750 throttle plates, and it was not under carbed.
Best regards
Mike
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stevieturbo wrote:Ran mine for years blowing thru a carb and single plane. Never had any issues with mixture distribution. It is not a concern.
I have to dissagree on that one Steve. Mainly from my own findings with plug readings between dyno and the 1/4 mile.
Other guys I race with have experienced the same. Under hard acceleration the fuel does tend to lag behind the rate of acceleration inside the manifold on a carb setup. Especially with an open manifold nasp or supercharged.
I'm talking purely 1/4 mile runs here mind. In many cases we can get the front plugs leaning off and melting the earth strap if we dont over fuel a bit.
I can do a dyno pull and get even plug readings. But on the track the fronts will show a leaner mix than they did on the dyno.
Thats why EFI and DP injection on nitrous systems is the best way to go when using large hits of gas.
When I say plug readings I mean with a clean shut off after the power pull on dyno or track so the plugs dont get contaminated on the over run.
Just my own experiences mind.
perry
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stevieturbo wrote:It's maybe something unique to a suck through carb setup.
Certainly nothing I ever had a problem with, and I ran mine twin turbo for several years with the single plane.
Food for thought???
Next year I would like to attempt a turbo or pro charger setup on one of the engines so this would be an interesting thing to observe.
Pro charger is my ideal aim for the V8 Escort though.
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It runs. Should have more video and update on how it drives shortly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xbAQXerlr4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xbAQXerlr4
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good stuff. Very interested to see how the carb works out.thewedgeshop.com wrote:It runs. Should have more video and update on how it drives shortly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xbAQXerlr4
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Some quick vids of it running.
Car still has some bugs to work out, currently is running great on 10psi at half throttle, but is having some issues at full throttle. Will try to sort it out in the next two weeks.
http://youtu.be/ecIH4YAtBxg
http://youtu.be/cMqX5duPgOM
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Car still has some bugs to work out, currently is running great on 10psi at half throttle, but is having some issues at full throttle. Will try to sort it out in the next two weeks.
http://youtu.be/ecIH4YAtBxg
http://youtu.be/cMqX5duPgOM
Thanks
Clint