Accually all that stuff was made so it can pass the emition laws , street
turbos are made reliable by keeping the boost relativley low around 7.5 lbs
boost.
Any high performace motor can be killed by a idiot.... don't matter what you
try and do to prevent it ..
Most tubo motors on street production car are low HP motors to start off
with and they add a turbo to boost power.. No so with the U20 roadster the
car has a lot of power allready , So the time you are on boost is very
limited.. you are never on full boost for more at ten seconds , your just
going to fast ... Now if you take My motor and put it in a 10,000lb. RV and
try to use all that HP, the first hill you come to you will waste the motor.
THe roaster only weighs 2000lbs , can't put that much load on the engine to
hurt it....
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
3730 todrob Ln.
Placerville, CA 95667
Ph# 530-644-6777
Fax# 530-644-6777
E-mail mikekerr@innercite.com
Web; innercite.com/~wolfgang
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Tyler <toplessdatsun@ga.prestige.net>
To: Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>
Cc: Roadster List <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: Turbo (Flame) War
>
>
>Gordon Glasgow wrote:
>>
>> Sure, I'd be
>> reluctant to build a boosted motor without adding the insurance of stuff
like forged pistons,
>> ceramic coatings, electronic ignition, knock sensor, etc.
>> But people were building supercharged and
>> turbocharged motors long before that stuff was invented.
>
>Of course, and that is exactly why that stuff was invented. So that a
turbo,
>street driven engine
>could make power, on cheap gas, for everyday driving without blowing itself
all
>over the parking
>lot when the wife takes it for groceries.
>
>
>> It isn't impossible to build a reliable turbo motor without that stuff,
but the average guy is going
>> to go through a hell of a lot of major parts and some serious money
before getting the combination
>> just right. I've seen it happen too many times.
>
>My point exactly. It can be done and Mike may well have built a rocket, but
>there is a really good
>chance of destroying a perfectly good engine if someone with moderate
skills
>takes Mikes approach.
>(Even if you go the high tech route and want to run 17lbs boost there is
still a
>good chance)
>
>
>> So if you're one of the people out there on the list thinking about
building a trick motor that will
>> make your roadster launch like a Sidewinder missile, look in your
billfold first and ask yourself,
>> "Do I feel lucky, kid?"
>
>Well, do ya?
>
>Jim
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