turbos

Greg Hermann bearbvd at mindspring.com
Fri Oct 12 13:11:24 GMT 2001


At 8:01 AM 10/12/01, justin ivan wrote:
>VW TDI diesels do Not sure what years though (recent ones)
>Justin

It's MUCH easier to make a VATN work/live on an oil burner due to the lower
EGT's.

(The lower EGT's result from both the lower peak cycle temps (slower burn)
and the higher expansion ratio that both exist in oil burners.)

Greg
>
>>From: Dylan Johnson <DJohnson at cancorpam.com>
>>Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>>To: "'diy_efi at diy-efi.org'" <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
>>Subject: RE: turbos
>>Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:20:19 -0400
>>
>>
>>Does anyone know of any production cars that come with a VATN turbo?
>>
>>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:34:08 -0700
>>From: bearbvd at mindspring.com (Greg Hermann)
>>Subject: RE: turbos
>>
>>For that kind of an app, you might want to take a peek at Aerochargers
>>(VATN), though. Even more low end grunt with them than you get with a screw
>>compressor. Full boost by 1500 rpm.


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