Remember Mad Max (movie)? How he flips a switch to activate the drive system
for his blower?
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger [SMTP:stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 7:27 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: Turbos ? WAS DML: opinion about
ATI,Powerdyne,Vortech
ddAt 12:44 PM 1/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Well , it will not have a CARB number or be EPA certified ,
but as long as
>it isn't tipping off the sniffer , I think I can slide it
by .
>
>Hafta do some more checking on that point though .
>
>Would a turbo drastically alter emmisions enough to fail a
vehicle ?
>
>If the vehicle is in good running condition it shouldn't be
putting out any
>more emmisions than normal should it ?
>
>Anyone ?
>
Seems to me that with a turbo you'd be burning more gas and oxygen
which would increase the hydrocarbons. Probably wouldn't notice much (if
any) increase at idle, but under load might be a problem. Also, I suspect
that with a turbo you might be running a bit on the rich side (for safety's
sake) so that would increase the emissions too.
Does anyone know if turbos are mechanically activated, or
electrically? I realize that the exhaust gas moves impellers which
pressurize the air entering the engine, but if there was a way to flip a
switch and turn off the turbo, that'd be neat. Or, what about a "quick
change" setup where you can swap the turbos out for a section of exhaust
pipe? You might be able to make it a half-hour operation so you can make
everthing legit come inspection time...
* Jon-
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