Veering OT, was Re: [TECH] 3a dyno in and I am disappointed,sorta...

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

What's all this turbo crap??
Nothing like an ultra-responsive normally aspirated engine!
Dan
T3/T04E sitting on a shelf waiting for it's day to come!

Just to be disagreeable, the Volvo T3 has a .63 A/R turbine housing. The
compressor is a 50 trim (meaning the inducer area is 50% of the exducer!!!)
It's not much. My nephew says power starts to drop off at 5500 RPM on his
JH. I seem to recall it was better than that, so a quick systems check is in
order.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian McGarvey" <brianm@earendel.org>
To: "Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <scirocco81@vwmail.net>; "_Scirocco Mailing List"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TECH] 3a dyno in and I am disappointed, sorta...


>
> Trust me patrick,
> best bang for $$ is a turbo :-).. ask any GRM challenger...
>
> BTW a volvo 240T turbo is a T3 63-trim. :-)
> and that intercooler is HUGE...
>