do you have any pics of the swap in the chevy and do
you know the diesel truck nats are this comming
weekend at english town NJ they have a lot of crazy
ideas like that up there
Frank 94 5.2 spoRT
--- durling@attglobal.net wrote:
> I'll second the detroit diesel using the setup. I
> have a '74 suburban with a 453
> turbocharged and supercharged detroit diesl putting
> out a whopping 96 hp. But on
> the other hand it turn 2300lb ft of torque at
> 1200rpm. Don't ask why it's in a
> suburban a friend's fathers idea. Drove it for years
> to tow his rv's around the
> country with. The body is falling apart but you can
> flick the key even after
> letting it sit for 4 months and it just turn right
> over. Oh, I know all of this
> is not dak related except abot the turbo and
> supercharger but it's mated to an
> allison 753 tranny for you gearheads. Still would
> like to build a streetrod
> diesel. I think if it's built right it would be very
> fast....BTW, the engine was
> put in when the sub had only 4,500 miles on the
> odometer...he didn't like the
> stock 454!
>
> Jeff Durling
> '96 RC Sport
>
> Matt Koth wrote:
>
> > I have seen the roots type blower with a turbo
> feeding it many times. I
> > worked with a guy last year who had a 69 vette
> with a 454 fed by a 8-71
> > blower and turbo feeding the blower. He had no
> problem with the head
> > gaskets, but he couldn't find a hood that would
> fit.
> > If you really want to see force fed technology
> look at Detroit deisels made
> > in the 70's, They were all supercharged, and more
> than not, turboed. In fact
> > I ran an earth mover with a 12v-71(12 cylinders,
> 71 cubes per cylinder) twin
> > supercharged twin turbo engine. The only problem
> it had was sucking the air
> > filter into the intake :)
> >
> > Matt Koth
> >
> >
>
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