I disagree, I have come to dislike turbos lately. I think the only reason
they are so common is because they are cheaper than superchargers. And
that's true only because there are so many more of them. They certainly use
a lot more high tech materials than a supercharger.
Yes turbos are more efficient but a good intercooler nullifies that
advantage. Positive displacement superchargers give a beautiful fat
powerband that you just can't get from a turbo. A lot of people are
beginning to get tired of project cars that get unimaginable HP levels that
come on so suddenly that nobody can use it outside of a drag strip.
My opinion is that positive displacement superchargers are better until you
need more than 15 PSI of boost. I am envious of that supercharger you got
your hands on.
I also believe that a good supercharger, a large intercooler, electronic
engine management, and probably a cam can almost always get 250 HP from 2.5
Liters. It would even still look kinda like a Triumph under the hood.
Ed McGuirk
At 03:41 PM 6/18/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:38:38 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ryan Miles <rjhmile@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: possible engine swap for TR6
>
>Ryan,
>
> Bravo! I have always thought that a V8 was not the answer for the TR6.
> In recent years I have come to believe that turbo charged engines are way
> cool. There is a TR6 with a turbocharged Ford (not my personal taste, but
> I guess it runs) 4 cylinder engine that makes ~300 horsepower. Personally
> I would like to see someone put a Porsche 944 Turbo engine and management
> system in a TR6. A stock 944 turbo does 0 to sixty in the low 6's and the
> passing power is incredible. The 944 motors were factory tested on the
> high side of 300, and modified they can make 600. I bet the Supra motor
> would reall shove the car along nicely too.
>
> As neat as I think a turbocharged engine would be, I would also like to
> point out that you can make a TR6 engine run well enough to have a lot of
> fun. I don't really know why, but I am having more fun trying to make
> power with the original engine than I ever would if I tried to put a
> completely different engine in the car. The job of hacking the car apart
> sounds like a lot of work to me, and I would be afraid of getting
> discouraged and giving up. My car makes about 140 horsepower right now,
> and of course I want more. I am building another engine for my TR250 that
> should have quite a little more grunt to it. Today I got my newest go
> fast goodie.... a supercharger. I really think that turbos are neater,
> but the price was right, so I will play with it and see if I can make it
> run well.
>
>It's all about having fun... make sure that you build the car that YOU
>want, not the car that will get you the least amount of flack from others,
>you will enjoy it more in the end.
>
> Ryan Miles
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