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Head mods 120-130

posted by  Phil S. on  Wed Mar 19 12:39 CST 2003
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I don't know about putting a turbo on one of these, but there has been zero problem with hotspots on a stock F head with the supercharger running 15 lbs boost -- and that's an old head that certainly has some amount of carbon build up. A head with smooth ports and chambers will certainly not have a problem.

The SC is intercooled using a separate radiator and electric pump, so that's probably the way to go with a turbo as well.

I would be very leery of changing the existing cooling system in a B20. The water pump slows water only through the head. All flow around the pistons is due solely to convection. This is to provide max cooling to the head and a quicker warm-up to the oil. I wouldn't want to mess with how that flows without doing a lot of research and testing first.






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New Supercharged 122 up and running! Yippee! [120-130]
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