What you need is to look for is a shorter Piston Rod.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Neuman <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: Turbo your U-20!!
> Hey All,
> I was home 'sick' from work today.. Actually was kinda sick and when
> you work in a hospital you can snake out of work if you feel kinda
sick.....
> because its for 'the good of the patients'.
> Anywho, I was reading this book, Maximum Boost by Corky Bell. Its a
> pretty good how-to book about turbos. Lots of good pictures and good
theory
> it appears to be prettty inteligently written and covers every aspect of
doing
> your own turbo set-up, I reccomend it. Plus, Corky used to race a roadster
in
> SCCA comp. I turn to the chapter on blow thru
> turbo's and he says that the absolute best carb to use is .....our beloved
> mikuni 44phh!!!!!! In one of the pictures they show a pretty cool looking
airbox/
> integrated air-to-water intercooler on a set of 44phh's. Aparently BMW
> 2002s have the same carbs as us.
> So, there does exsist aftermarket turbo set-ups for the 2002 this
> would seem to me to be a good place to start if I were crazy enough to
want
> to turbo a U-20. I think I might try to order a catalog from one of the
BMW
> places advertised in GRM. Also vintage BMW performance suppliers might
> have other Mikuni goodies, worth a look- how different is a BMW 2002
engine
> from our U-20's both OHC 2000cc inline fours running 44phh carbs.
> Now if I can just find a good deal on a set of forged low compression
> pistons for the U-20....
>
> Daniel 69 2000
> SF CA
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