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Originally Posted by 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.
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He didn't call it a turbo - he was adamant about calling it a homogenizer. Fuel was injected BEFORE the turbo
I got to speak with someone that worked with him many many years ago. He said the car worked great, got extreme FE and good power but it had one critical problem - it wasn't reliable. He had said the engine was being rebuilt quite frequently.
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one of the first turbo'd US production engines i remember was about a '62 buick starfire. it had water injection. telling me that the first one was done right, and we have gone down hill ever since.
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I personally wouldn't say requiring water injection means it was done right... WI is a band aid because there's too much heat. Perhaps the same setup on modern fuels with modern engine management on a modern engine would fare differently though
