Actually, turbos that are properly used (pure power) are very often used in big block engines, that provide most of their own low-end torque, and the turbo aids the high speed breathing. Examples of this would be the new Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo, the old 4.9L Cheby (301 cu) Turbo in the FireChicken/TA, most F1 racing engines and such. They provide high end HP, and let the normally aspirated engine dole out the low-end torque to get you going. The whole problem with turbo and supercharging is the vast amount of additional accessories you must add to optimize them, a lot of work has to go into wastegates, intake, compression etc to get the most out of them. Nitrous is usually a fairly straight forward bolt on.
Pat Buthmann
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger [SMTP:steiger@ait.fredonia.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 1997 12:45 PM
To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
Subject: Re: Superchargers. Was: Re: More latenight cruisin'
At 02:33 PM 6/9/97 -0400, steve clarke wrote:
[...]
> What about turbo's for the magnum line, is there any. I took a truck
>driving course and learned a bit about the turbo's. I would prefer the turbo
>I believe over both nitrous and supercharging. I love the whine they make
>when you on the fuel or gas for that matter.
>
I'm not sure if there are turbos available for the magnum engines,
but as far as turbos go, the main problem with them is the lag... It
takes a while for them to spool up when you get on the throttle. (Since
they are activated by exhaust gas as opposed to a direct drive pulley
(supercharger) or incoming air (nitrous).
Then again, for a low traction, high torque application like the
Dak, maybe a spooling delay would be desirable... You don't seem to
find turbos on high displacement engines though. I don't know if
there is a technical reason for this, or if people consider turbos
to be for small cars. I don't see any reason why a turbo wouldn't work
on a high displacement engine. Maybe they're cost prohibitive?
-Jon-
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