Turbo V8

[Greg Hermann]

At 4:52 PM 8/28/01, Gary Heuston wrote:
>I see 2 problems with this...while you could get around the turbo weight
>by somehow anchoring it to a bracket, the shorty headers are nowhere
>even close to strong enough to support the heat that would be generated
>here...they would crack very quickly.  Plus if I'm not mistaken having
>(relatively) long exhaust to turbo plumbing is going to introduce lots
>of lag since theres more volume to fill to get the same amount of
>exhaust pressure against the fins...

The greater heat loss is a far more significant impediment to spool-up
performance than the volume is!

Greg  (a good day indeed for basic ME and Thermo lessons!)
>
>Gary


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