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turboing an 8v

Diesels are not real engines.....

(dropping the 16V vs. 8V and going to petro vs. heating oil)
Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Drew MacPherson 
  To: Dan Smith 
  Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:52 PM
  Subject: Re: turboing an 8v



  I suppose you're so totally not interested in hearing about an 8V turbo 
  that runs 23:1 compression ratio, 12 pounds of boost and gets 50+mpg, are 
  you? :)

  Drew


  On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Dan Smith wrote:

  > I've always wanted a turbo car, enough so so I got that p.o.s. Saab mainly because it had a turbo in it. But turbos always seem out of my league. However, I know a bunch of you have turbo'd 8v's and I was wondering just what is the cost. What parts can come from yards, what has to be bought, how hard is it to find yard parts and what kind of work does it take? I've looked at the 'kits' people have put together on vortex and they all seem $1000 or more. The more detailed you are the better. Like if you put: 4 mandrel u bends, 2 18" pieces of aluminum pipe - $75 that would be way helpful. Even better, anyone have a tech writeup on it? Just give me the low-down on what it takes to turbo an 8v.
  >  
  > TIA,
  > Dan
  > Always researching
  > 
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