What about the possibility of using a turbocharger & intercooler from say a Mazda 626GT or Ford Probe. Both used a a 2.2L 4 Mazda sidewinder engine with turbo and intercooler . The capacity seems abo
I believe so, as long as you keep the rpm down. Biggest problem IMO will be to keep it from detonating/knocking. Both the increased pressure and the increased intake temperature tend to cause knock,
No worries, John. But if it took major automakers 20 years to deal with the problem, what chance does the DIY have of dealing with it ? Amusing story : Never having heard of the GTti, I Googled it .
and a turbocharger is just a particular type of supercharger. In theory a> turbo is more efficient, because it gets at least some of it's energy by> recovering waste heat; and uses a more efficient
Hello John, I have supercharged and fuel injected my TR6 and it compresses the air before adding fuel. It's certainly been a challenge but the results are a 0-60 time of 5 seconds with no lag at all
airplanes anyway. I've seen it done both ways on cars; in fact somewhere I have a book talking about the advantages and disadvantages of using turbos in "blow through" or "suck through" carburetor co