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Old 09-23-2009, 01:14 PM   #24 (permalink)
TomO
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TomO - You could run the MAP on a reference line that takes a reading from a pre-charged section of the intake system, but you'd have to put the charger behind the throttle body. It wouldn't be altogether difficult to do, though, since you can remove the TB and add a flanged pipe w/ the aerator in between the flanges, then relocate the MAP to just before the aerator, where it would still create a "false" vacuum.
This is tempting... I might just have to pick up a bilge fan on the cheap from Fleet Farm and play with it.
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While you may be correct for the figures from a VX engine, and even other engines, the fact still remains that the additional airflow causes more electrical load (10A at 12VDC is 120 Watts) and the whole setup was originally designed (and is still being touted) for more power, not the ability to cruise lean.
I forgot to mention that the system would have to have it's own deep cycle sitting in the trunk so as to not load down the alternator, sorry. I might have a spare YellowTop Optima to play around with and try messing around with some form of this system. Time for the thinking cap!
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