70 dart swinger slant turbo build and mild restoration
Thinking like this is why \6 cars with 28psi of boost are slower then the Tilley car at 17psi of boost or why a 2L Pinto was the terror of Pro Stock in the early '70s with 23psi of boost.
Turning the boost up, doesn't fix sloppiness in preparation. Details matter, and since you sweated them for so long, should know that.
What you say is true, but it's a trade-off, as I see it.
Maybe you didn't see my post, in which I said, "That is not to say that an engine built with perfectly-matched ports, for example, wouldn't always run better, N/A OR with forced induction..."
The fact is, IF you have virtually-unlimited time and money to put into your turbo project, close analysis of things like matching ports and intake manifold design (and, carbs vs. fuel injection,) will always pay dividends in terms of performance increases, but, the fact is, not everyone HAS the time and money for the kind of perfection that comes with close scrutiny to details, and unlimited resources for "ultimate," scienced-out designs of engine-hardware. So, it is not necessarily a bad thing, if you're time-limited, or, poor, like me, to crank up the boost and reap the immediate benefits of "quick and dirty and boosted beyond what SHOULD be necessary." It's just a different discipline. Something for those among us, who will be happy with the kind of results that can be achieved with less-than-professional preparation standards. It will still, likely, be a whole lot quicker and faster than a N/A example. In a perfect world, everyone would be young, energetic, and have unlimited dollars to throw at these projects, but, unfortunately, that's not where we live... And boost gives us a chance to make a so-so prep into an impressive performer, sometimes.
Anyway, that's the way I see it, as a too-far-over-the-hill guy, trying to go fast on a budget... Boost is my friend! :cheers:
Now, the 2-liter Pintos you referred to were, indeed,
F-A-S-T!
But. they never ran Pro Stock. The cars running Pro Stock (I'm assuming you meant NHRA, and not IHRA, because the IHRA's cars were even faster, because they had "mountain motors" in them, while the NHRA cars's engines were smaller V8's,) were running times down into the eights (and, maybe, faster,) when these AA/MC Pintos of Buddy Ingeroll, "OHIO" George Montgomery and Butch Ball, were doing all they could do, to run mid 9-second times, but, they
were competetive in Modified Eliminator, before NHRA dropped the class. Those cars weighed 2,350-pounds with driver (the same as a Pro Stocker,) but were, as you said, only 2-liters. No way could they compete with the Pro Stockers of the day. Buddy Ingeroll did try to run NHRA Pro Stock, with a turbocharged V-6 (Buick Indy engine,) but the idea was short-lived when NHRA banned it. Forced induction has never been a part of NHRA's Pro Stock program for very long.
For 2016, they are finally abandoning the time-honored Holley Dominator 4bbl's for port injection, and we will finally see Pro Stockers without that huge hood scoop for the first time, at the Pomona Winternationals, early next year. They WILL look "different," for sure!
