"James Nazarian Jr" Stated........
> The rev range you are discussing does not lend itself well to turbos
> however, turbos normally start to kick in at 3-4k RPM. The size of the
> turbo, and thus the spoolup time etc is directly related to its size, so
> the smaller the turbo the faster it spools up, but it will still take a
> few krpm. The numbers you discuss are more akin to superchargers.
I have seen some home-built systems that use this rev range, they tend to
use very small turbos which run out of puff at about the 3 - 4k range which
to me seems ideal for everyday road use.
>
> One method I have read about, but not tried, for simple supercharging is
> very interesting. It is also simple to do. Basically find an air pump
> from a large american V8 and use it to supercharge a small 4-cyl via a
> preassurized airbox. It appears that this makes about 3-4# of boost,
> and since it is supercharged it will make that at much lower rpm. I'd
> send info but I don't remember where I read it.
Hmmmmm.............
This is interesting, it was something that crossed my mind but I had never
heard of it being done so dismissed it as probably not workable. May need
that Maestro carb shipping from the UK after all!
I will do some more research, all I want is a little extra power to make
daily city driving more pleasant, but I want it to be reversible, easy to
do, different and good value for money (yeah - OK - cheap!) :-)
I know the best way for more power is work the head etc but I have a
perfectly good 4000 mile old engine that I want to play with to see what I
can do before I think about tearing it apart.
Cheers
MikeB
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