Stay NA or go to the Dark Side?

SS_Firehawk

Thanks for the suggestions and answers Dreamer. With me being away from my car for another 9 months, I emailed GTM over the weekend. Gave some options regarding my car, their twin SC kit, whether they want to do it, or have my local shop do it. Didn't discuss the fuel and meth questions I had as this was an epiphany last night while looking at Staples dyno sheet. And down the rabbit hole I went looking for answers. But haven't been successful.

I guess the big underlying question that I've failed to point out is will E85 or 91/93 (only one station in Vegas carries 93) + meth or e85+meth help stock motors hold up with forced induction. 12 PSI was kind of known as the glass ceiling before reliability is compromised. Would the aforementioned push those boundaries of reliability further? What physically breaks if detonation is not the culprit? I don't know all what the FI guys are modifying in their motors besides lowering compression or increasing displacement.

If the only purpose of reducing compression ratio is to have a larger safety net when running FI, why can't the E85+ meth do the same job with the benefits that comes with it. A cool running high compression FI motor sounds like a dream for performance and efficiency. Lean out the fuel and advance the timing, it could be a wrecking ball on or off boost.

Disclaimer: I am only theorizing and am no expert. I'm presenting questions because I'm ignorant and could not answer these myself. Please don't tell me to buy another vehicle or build my motor, I'm just throwing ideas out that could be useful in some capacity, and maybe not anything I'm doing, but for someone else.

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