I've got both turbos and superchargers down pretty well, for one who has never actually had one.
However, cylinder deactivation has me thrown for a loop on this. Does anyone know how well forcing an engine that can shut half the cylinders down randomly works? I actually come from the GM world (my Charger is the first Dodge I've ever owned) and over there they just shut the cylinder deactivation down in the computer.
My question is, has anyone worked out how to force feed their engines and keep cylinder deactivation too? One of the things I've always enjoyed on cars with cylinder deactivation is to try and keep it in 4-banger mode as much as possible, on the other hand I LOOOOVE the feel of being pushed back in the seat when I punch it. My first cars were either high output small blocks or high output big blocks, and I loves me some power. What I'd really love though, is having my cake and eating it too.
If it's not possible then at some point in the future I'll probably just stroke and bore the existing engine to get the big punch. The advantage here is the car would stay in 4cyl mode longer when cruising. I'd just like something now, like in the next year.
However, cylinder deactivation has me thrown for a loop on this. Does anyone know how well forcing an engine that can shut half the cylinders down randomly works? I actually come from the GM world (my Charger is the first Dodge I've ever owned) and over there they just shut the cylinder deactivation down in the computer.
My question is, has anyone worked out how to force feed their engines and keep cylinder deactivation too? One of the things I've always enjoyed on cars with cylinder deactivation is to try and keep it in 4-banger mode as much as possible, on the other hand I LOOOOVE the feel of being pushed back in the seat when I punch it. My first cars were either high output small blocks or high output big blocks, and I loves me some power. What I'd really love though, is having my cake and eating it too.
If it's not possible then at some point in the future I'll probably just stroke and bore the existing engine to get the big punch. The advantage here is the car would stay in 4cyl mode longer when cruising. I'd just like something now, like in the next year.