Variable Compression, Variable Displacement you decide

[Roger Heflin]

> 
> On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Roger Heflin wrote:
> 
> > I guess probably they don't run turbos because they would have to run
> > something resembling an exhaust to run a turbo, and the backpressure
> > comming out of the turbo might hurt enough because they have to run
> > everything together, rather than run open pipes from each cylinder,
> > and also considering that they blow up superchargers and the superchargers
> > aren't running really hot, it may be no one really wants to pay
> > for a turbocharger that can take the load and not explode.
> 
> they also blow bits of engine straight out of the exhaust, which
> wouldn't make the turbo at the receiving end of it a very happy
> camper. 
> 
> 		 Bruno. (b.marzano at student.canberra.edu.au)
> 
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> 
I guess the other problem is I seem to remember they say the bigger
drag cars burn several sets of headers in a season, that would 
seem to be a much more extreme enviroment that normal vehicles
have, and would probably require a more expensive design for a 
turbo to last longer that 1 race. 
			Roger