On 2001-12-30 16:40, Anonymous wrote:
I'm looking for some type of forced induction and i think the best is a turbo kit.but most important is an intercooler, because when you compress air, it gets hot, and hot air has less oxigen, which means less power. A turbo, on the other hand, doesn't rob power from the engine to do its work, it uses the exhaust fumes (a blower can take as much as 15% of the power it delivers to do its job, but a turbo only 3 to 5%)that's why turbos are so popular on small cars. And about turbo lag, it all depends on the turbo you use. Diesel trucks have little or no lag, because quickly spool up, so you need a turbo that spool up fast too. y the way, i'm from Chile.
On 2001-12-30 16:40, Anonymous wrote:
because when you compress air, it gets hot, and hot air has less oxigen, which means less power.
On 2001-12-31 10:11, Anonymous wrote:
Maybe you're right, but this truck need power for sand, so low end torque is not that important. Besides, a blower with m6 psi of boost pressure gives me only 90 h.p., while a turbo with the same pressure could give me something like 120 h.p. Turbochargers are much more efficient than blowers. When was the last time that you saw a supercharged Kenworth?
On 2002-01-01 18:03, Patricio Castro wrote:
've tried to know prices of kenne-bell blowers, but i can't find any. I found a turbo kit for Rams and cost $3100(www.turbopower.bigstep.com) and the price of a vortech V-2 SQ is $4.000. I just need some kind of forced induction but with intercooler, because that's important, and i know that turbos are MUCH more efficient, and the not work only at the top end, besides, i don't need too much low end, i already have 4.56's, but on sand it dies, badly (i was humilliated by a Samurai!!, but with a twin cam motor and turbo) so i ask here because its obvious that you've much more experience with blowers and stuff (over here, there is no much late model V-8 supercharged trucks, as you may understand), but you have a lot.