Turbocharged Engine Operating Recommendations

[HomeBuilt101]

I wanted to reach out to the collective and see if I could get some recommendations on the operation of my turbocharged (not turbo-normalized) engine...essentially information such as what power settings do the people who are running a turbocharged Lycoming use for takeoff/climb/cruise and other tips and tricks.

The engine is following:

-Lycoming IO-540 (150 HRS since non-certified but complete overhaul)

-Was not originally turbocharged

-Bendix Fuel injector AirFlow Performance with balanced nozzles

-Pistons 7.3:1 compression and all internals are balanced

-Camshaft “Aircraft Specialties Phase III grind” (whatever that is)

-Turbo Single Garrett turbocharger with intercooler

-TIAL wastegate with "small green 4.34 PSI spring" (THANKS Ross...finally got it installed and running)

-Ignition Dual Lightspeed Engineering Plasma III

-Propeller 3 blade MT composite

-Engine monitor Dynon Skyview

-EGT probes are mounted 2 inches down the exhaust pipe in all cylinders

-Running 100LL AVGAS

So what I would like to know is what are people running their engines under the following conditions (if you can describe your engine so as to get an apples to apples comparison):


-Takeoff

-MAP Inches Mercury

-RPM


-Cruise Climb

-MAP Inches Mercury

-RPM


-Cruise

-MAP Inches Mercury

-RPM


I also need to set the different colors of the engine monitor so I would greatly like to know what color bands to set the following:


Oil Pressure

-High red

-High yellow

-Green

-Low yellow

-Low red


Oil Temperature

-High red

-High yellow

-Green

-Low yellow

-Low red


EGT:

-High red

-High yellow

-Green

-Low white


TIT:

-High red

-High yellow

-Green

-Low white


CHT:

-High red

-High yellow

-Green

-Low white


Propeller RPM

-High red

-Green

-Low red



As always...THANKS for your advice!!!

 

[wsimpso1]

 

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