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Originally Posted by JTinFL
Shop-Vac in reverse into the intake tube is the way to go.
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why not just use a leaf blower?
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Originally Posted by poetikmaestro
Maybe have it switch to NA? Bypass SC?
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but then you have a wasted system. now, if you had a more powerful alternator, you could recharge the s/c battery and keep the motor spinning, but part of having a s/c is to have the power there all the time.
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Originally Posted by speedster
This and similar questions have been around hot rod shops for decades. The quick answer is that pure oxygen is inherently "too much" for an internal combustion engine to handle without a precise method of introducing it.
To make it a little easier for you to see how volatile this would be, think of injecting Liquid Oxygen in. BOOM !!!
Very cool in theory, but crazy in a practical application, hence Nitrous and/or FI.
Great question. You're definitely thinkin' - there must be a way to make my Camaro faster!!...  |
liquid O2.... would barely get a chance to ignite before its expansion rate would blow the heads off the car. seeing as how it expands to like 860 times its size going from liquid to gas at room temp. now, if you had a setup like they do on aircraft with expansion tubes to allow liquid O2 to expand before adding it into the intake, that would be better, however, you will be adding a lot more weight for the LOX (liquid oxygen) container, the expansion tubes, plumbing, and all the required hardware to run the setup. and you would need a vent setup to relieve pressure in the system as well.
nitrous is so much easier