turbo / seper charger

Justin Albury jalbury at tpgi.com.au
Fri Mar 21 21:31:09 GMT 1997


Tom Cloud wrote:
> 
> I asked a dumb question.  Mazda patiently and knowledgeably
> answered it, as he, and so many others on this list, always
> does (thanks, Mazda).
> 
> Then someone wrote to encourage me to join the turbo club.
> Pitched your post.  Who was it?
> 
> Last year, I researched putting turbo on my 351W.  Looked
> up all mfgrs I could find and wrote or called all of them.
> No one made a setup for it.
> 
> As far as SC or TC goes, can it easily enough be done without
> confuser control?  I've got the Holley ProJection TBI and
> intend to eventually go to TPI, but I'm not using an ECU.
> Can SC or TC be done with carb or the ProJection TBI ??
> 
> When I run my "Engine Analyzer" software and plug in turbo
> or super charging, both definitely kick the hp and torque
> up, but the SC is smoother and earlier.  It also produces
> larger numbers of both torque and hp.  TC produces a 'squiggley'
> graph, whereas SC produces a smoother, though peaky, graph.
> Judging from the graphs, I wouldn't want TC on my truck
> (4WD Bronco) app, as it actually hurts low-end torque a
> little (below 2000).
> 
> Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>


TURBOS (TWIN RATHER THAN SNGLE) HAVE MORE TO OFFER THAN A BLOWER IN THE
WORLD OF EFI DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF YOUR RUNNING A FULLY PROGRAMABLE
ECU YOU CAN ALSO RUN A ELECTRIC BOOST CONTROL AND THIS WILL WORK LIKE A
GEM WITH THE RIGHE EFI SYSTEM.

Juz!



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