[zjrog]

Legendary mechanic Smokey Yunick developed a low pressure turbo engine 30+ years ago. Scoffed at by the mainstream because he was using a turbo, but not as much for what most folks used one for. His purpose was to heat the air more than the higher pressure to make horsepower.

Anyway, years ago I wanted to turbo my old minivan. THe V6 was OK, and I had modded it as much as I could short of tearing it down. But I wanted more lowend power. I decided a smaller turbo was going to be acceptable, as I was only going to go with 6-7 psi. What I would require was slightly larger fuel injectors, which actually worked quite well without the turbo (once I pulled my head out and settled a fuel pressure problem...).

Most performance guys factor in extra fuel for the purpose of cooling the fuel charge. Wasteful, yes. Not as effective as nitrous (not in large quantities at least). But useful as a form of "chemical intercooling".

Hmmm, I still have the intercooler I was going to use, out in the garage.