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      02-20-2011, 06:04 AM   #14
fr8tdog
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Originally Posted by johanness View Post
I would up the timing a bit a moderate amount and let the fail-safes that are in the meth system do their work. I mean, is anyone really going to allow their fluid to run out? Very few people that drive our rides strike me as the type to ignore the goings-on within our engines/drivetrain. If anything, it's the exact opposite: we go overboard paying attention to every little thing. Either way, looking forward to your results fr8tdog. Maybe the ESS handheld is just the thing so that you can have various tunes to take advantage of this system?

If I can get 40-50whp and 30-40 tq without any adjustments to my existing ESS tune, I would rather stay with that safety net. I understand what your saying, but the problem is finding a fail safe to work with a centrifugal supercharger. A turbo is easy because the ability to dump boost instantly. The main risk wouldn't be running out of fluid, but would be a pump failure, partial failure, nozzle becoming clogged, failure in the water/meth line, water/meth controller failure and of course the bone head mistake of running out of fluid. One option for a supercharger would be a trip to a different map as a fail safe. For now, I'm going the safe route and see what gains can be had. Interesting idea about the ESS hand held though.
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