jack halton wrote: .
> I've seen a couple of blower-equipped Inline sixes, and once the physical
> space problems from ungainly belt drives are sorted out, they work quite
> well. A turbo really makes more sense, as everything is on the same side.
> One of our Inliner gurus, Leo Santucci, is doing lots of research and
> experimentation with turbo'ed inlines, and we expect a full report one of
> these days.
>
> Jack / Winter Park FL
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> I've been looking over Guru Leo's shoulder while he is building his turbo 292.
> In fact I'm welding up a 3" exhaust for it. Very simple single exhaust for the
> turbo. It does have an intercooler and crossflo head so not everything will
> be on the same side. He did mention he wants to build a street version and I'm
> sure it wouldn't be crossflo head but he does beleive in intercoolers which
> adds to the complexity. The dyno figures he showed me are out of this world if
> he gets it to work.
Grant
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