need some turbo help....

Michael Yount said:

Can't help you with component selection - tuning - you need the turbo guys to help you with that.

It can be very reliable and a good DD -- but you have to invest time/$ for that. Also, the biggest difference between boost via cent. charger and turbo is heat management. The turbo systems have lots more exhaust piping and the exhaust side of the turbo itself high in the compartment. That means HEAT and lots of it in places it normally wouldn't be. Also, sized properly -- a turbo set up will have torque/power curves that look more like a positive displacement blower than a centrifugal. If you do your homework - you can set up a turbo system that will build KILLER torque as low as 1800-2000 rpm.

Check out this for sizing background -- but pull up your socks. It ain't for the faint of heart...it's for V6 Buicks - but the changes in displacement are easy enough to make.

http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/turbo/turboflow.html

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Michael Yount said:

"...its got the tq curve of a kenne bell..."

ONLY if it's sized for that -- that's what I was alluding to in my original post. What you want to avoid is the "....hell, I had this PowerStroke blowd up in my uncle's neighbor's back yard, so we just pulled the turbo off of it and slapped it on my Stang; won't idle for crap, but once you get above 3500 rpm, it pulled like hell until we blew it up half a mile from the house...."

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Michael Yount said:

...and you even have to be careful with some of their advice. There's no substitute for doing your own careful research and really understanding sizing, control and tune considerations. Good luck!

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