can you boost on Hyper's?
Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: New Jersey
The advantages of hyperteuric pistons...
They are generally stronger and lighter than other types.
They are dimensionally stable, more so than other types.
They tend to resist hot-spots better than other types.
They tend to resist carbon build-up better than other types.
The drawback - while they are stronger, they are also more brittle. Think about an ordinary concrete block - you can stand on it, build with it, and it's very, very strong. But give it a shock load (hammer!) and it falls to pieces.
In the above analogy...
Concrete block = Hyperteuric pistons
Hammer = DETONATION
I've run hyperteuric's in boosted engines before without any issues, but I paid serious attention to knock, timing, exhaust temps while tuning to try and avoid reaching the point of detonation.
They are generally stronger and lighter than other types.
They are dimensionally stable, more so than other types.
They tend to resist hot-spots better than other types.
They tend to resist carbon build-up better than other types.
The drawback - while they are stronger, they are also more brittle. Think about an ordinary concrete block - you can stand on it, build with it, and it's very, very strong. But give it a shock load (hammer!) and it falls to pieces.
In the above analogy...
Concrete block = Hyperteuric pistons
Hammer = DETONATION
I've run hyperteuric's in boosted engines before without any issues, but I paid serious attention to knock, timing, exhaust temps while tuning to try and avoid reaching the point of detonation.
