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Re: Superchargers?
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:50:05 -0700
...com> wrote: > Anyone have any experience with superchargers on a VW? Turbochargers get > all the ink..everyone talks about Turbo Subies and Bostig transplants...
Re: TURBO DIESEL QUESTIONS
Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:37:16 -0700
...intake, etc.) construct a new left engine mount (to bypass the turbocharger) mount the engine and adapt the exhaust. Several people have done this...
Re: 1982 turbo diesel
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:27:21 +1200
...The turbocharger should have floating plain bearings, which shouldn't whine. Turbos' turbines do whine; this is normal, though it should only become noticable...
Anyone have Turbo ... factory WRX torque figures here
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:21:49 +1200
...Advanced Sporty/Economical/Reliable EJ-20 2.0l FOUR CYLINDER 4cam16valva TURBOCHARGER with INTERCOOLER MAXIMUM POWER: 280ps/6500rpm MAXIMUM TORQUE: 33.5kg/m/4000rpm...
Re: [Syncro] Was there ever a 2.1WBX Turbo option?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:55:27 -0700
...Daryl Christensen did his syncro with a turbocharger off a 1.8 subaru, making about 5psi and 20-30 extra horsepower by his seat...
Re: ?G2 on G60 Corrado?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 22:51:11 +0000
...That's why VW opted not to use that > supercharger anymore, and aftermarket companies now offer a turbocharger > replacement system which although is not...
Re: MAF sensor and a waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 13:07:24 -0400
...Maybe he > has one of those > electric turbocharger setups...) > > > > > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:43:17 -0700 > From: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO...
Re: Inter-coolers?
Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:01:52 -0500
Bob, Intercoolers are a big help for turbochargers the desired effect of the "pump" is to boost manifold pressure. Superchargers this with a pump...
Re: Turbodiesel question: Need to help to ID part on left side of engine compartment
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:31:00 +0000
Turbocharger cooling pump. The ducting is to be routed to the turbo to cool it off. Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.522.5503 www...
Re: jet powered engine conversion.....check this out..(f)
Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:16:02 -0600
...jet powered engine conversion.....check this out..(f) > Anybody notice that those are homemade jet engines? Three semitruck > turbochargers and a bunch of ducting...
vanagon: turbo-diesel in america
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 12 May 94 09:26:14 CDT
...The most important addition is an air-to-air intercooler, a small heat exchanger that cools air from the turbocharger before it enters the...
Re: Loss of power at altitude
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:47:22 -0700
...The > EFI computer keeps the proper air/fuel ratio and the developed power drops > proportionately. > > Only one device eliminates this problem - a turbocharger. With...
Re: AAZ overboost
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:13:37 -0500
All turbochargers can over boost but boost is regulated by the waste gate. The ability to over boost is needed to ensure quick spin...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:00:34 -0500
<<Actually, A turbocharger, besides usually being exhaust driven, uses vaned wheels to move a large volume of air>> Not besides Dennis---alway's. Turbocharging...
Re: Turbo Diesel 1.9L mounting in a Westy
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:53:29 -0700
...The turbocharger on the 1.9TD is mounted in a different position, at least on the AAZ engine. This may or may not have...
Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched Compression test results.
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 3 May 2015 09:48:32 -0700
...Air heard hissing out of the tailpipe, turbocharger or exhaust manifold means an exhaust valve leak. Piston rings : Whistling or hissing out of the...
"Sunny" in the shop for a TDi transplant!
Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:19:38 -0500
...engine adjacent to and only inches from the outlet from the turbocharger and the inlet to the intake manifold). <bold>What I need is...
CS diesel block with turbo-charger
Historical mailing list
Sat, 7 Dec 1996 03:24:25 -0700 (MST)
...Do I understand you correctly, that you have added Quantum intake and exhaust manifolds together with the turbocharger, to your 48 horsepower, CS diesel...
Re: 1.8T or 30000US for a vanagon
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:15:40 -0800
Sure enough, those turbochargers do get hot. But thirty grand for a vanagon that's not reasonable at all. What if ... You wanted a...
Re: 1.9TD engine FS
Historical mailing list - Buffalo 66
Thu, 1 Feb 2007 06:32:57 -0800
...engine- disassembled, partially > cleaned,(block > > cleaned and painted) but complete sans > Turbocharger. > > > > was a complete running driving engine, I was going > to > > put it...
Re: Diesel 4 speed vs. 5 speed
Historical mailing list - The Southards
Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:56:59 -0500
...an updated drain plug design and a threaded hole on the side of the pan for > the turbocharger oil return line on TD vans.
Re: water injection in vanagons, was Re: [VANAGON] Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:11:36 -0500
...Pre-turbo water injection is uniquely helpful in reducing the thermal load on intercoolers and extending the effective boost pressure range of smaller turbochargers...
Re: Engine Parts
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:51:43 -0800
...big bucks for a forged counterweighted crank...oh, and fabricate a turbocharger/intercooler combo. The latter is probably the most cost effective means of...
Re: MAF sensor and a waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:44:56 -0700
...Maybe he > has one of those > electric turbocharger setups...) > > > > > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:43:17 -0700 > From: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:22:09 +1200
...Unfortunately, with the contraction to turbocharger, it's "outta sight, outta mind"... take super out and soon people forget that it IS...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:06:10 -0500
...In common usage supercharger refers to the belt driven kind and turbocharger refers to the exhaust driven kind. > >Bill > > > > Bill, Think you are right...
Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Gary A Meek
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:23:25 -0600
...I changed the turbocharger, thinking the impeller was drawing oil from the oil lubricated bearings and driving it into the motor. Oil consumption was...
Re: Porsche Flat 8? on ebay.
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:29:55 -0600
...1972 917/10 Bergspyder at 4994cc> and a pair of Eberspacher turbochargers. 950 hp @ 8000 rpm. 690 lb ft> torque. In a 750kg racecar...
Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:06:35 +0000
...For the last 3 years, I've had a GenV 2L conversion from FAS, with turbocharger for the last year. Now I know even...
No Vanagon Content, Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was EngineConversions)
Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:35:56 -0500
In North America an exhaust driven intake charge pressure increaser is called a Turbocharger. A belt driven intake pressure charge increaser is called a...
Re: Superchargers?
Historical mailing list - pat
Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:04:47 -0400
...Superchargers? Anyone have any experience with superchargers on a VW? Turbochargers get all the ink..everyone talks about Turbo Subies and Bostig transplants. In...
Re: Crazy VW / was: Coolant Movement Problems
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:21:22 -0400
...Many cars also use pumps to keep the coolant flowing after shutdown, especially for turbochargers. I remember Audi even used injector cooling fans to...
Re: AAZ overboost
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:54:57 -0700
...Jul 13, 2011, at 12:13 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > All turbochargers can over boost but boost is regulated by the waste > gate. > The...
Re: [Vwdiesel] Need help getting parts from Germany
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Sat, 8 Mar 2003 21:12:02 -0800
...oil pan. > Charlie, are you saying that you can use the turbocharger with an unmodified 1.6NA injection pump? If you have done this...
Re: [Vwdiesel] Need help getting parts from Germany
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:09:55 -0700
---------- snip ------------- Charlie, are you saying that you can use the turbocharger with an unmodified 1.6NA injection pump? If you have done this successfully...
Re: AW: On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:32:26 EDT
...BTW, I indicated that the best way to quench noise and reduce exhaust temperatures at the muffler was to add a turbocharger to the...
Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:24:44 +1200
...A >turbocharger is a supercharger, however, it gets it name from the fact that >it uses a turbine to spin the compressor. The turbine...
Re: MAF sensor and a waterboxer
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:38:22 -0700
...Maybe he >> has one of those >> electric turbocharger setups...) >> >> >> >> >> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:43:17 -0700 >> From: Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO...
Re: Superchargers?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:11:33 -0700
...what year to you think the turbocharger was first demonstrated , or run, on a regular engine. A lot earlier than you'd think probalby...
Re: Ballpark mileage figures please
Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 16:47:55 +0000
...that's all you diesel guys do! :) in all > seriousness, though, you might consider putting a turbocharger on > it. turbos and diesels are made...
Optimal bus to bring to Germany Was:Part II: Please help my family find a camper/van
Historical mailing list
Sat, 11 Jan 97 13:39:42 EST
...is not availible here yet, but is basically the same (except turbocharger) as the 90hp one which comes in the passat, and will come...
Re: Turbodiesel vanagon conversion
Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
Mon, 8 Apr 1996 20:13:04 -0700 (PDT)
...tube engine cradle, is right in the way of the Jetta turbocharger's waste gate. > 2.The manifolds and turbo will be bolted on...
Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Apr 2003 - Special issue (#2003-388)
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 14:01:29 -0400
There is a higher temp version--mine says good to 2000F and specifically lists that it is good for exhaust components including turbochargers. The...
Re: Superchargers?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:26:52 -0700
...Superchargers? > > Anyone have any experience with superchargers on a VW? Turbochargers get > all the ink..everyone talks about Turbo Subies and Bostig transplants. > > In...
Re: Vanagon Brakes
Historical mailing list - James Eaton
Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:41:12 -0400
...Later in the article, it makes it clear that turbo-charged diesel engines do have engine braking, thanks to the turbocharger. Certainly every turbocharged...
Re: turbocharger: how to destroy it
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:06:48 -0500
>or you can do what i do, and everyone w/ a turbo charged car should do - i let >the car idle for at least...
Re: CS diesel block with turbo-charger
Historical mailing list
Sun, 8 Dec 1996 02:06:46 -0500
Gary, to answer your questions > Do I understand you correctly, that you have added Quantum > intake and exhaust manifolds together with the turbocharger, to...
Re: Diesel Vanagon Questions
Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
Sat, 31 May 2003 10:57:27 -0400
...The Quantum turbocharger is towards the back of the engine, leaving space for the driver's-side engine mount to attach. You'll have...
Re: Electric Power Steering
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:26:23 -1000
...Don't forget to mention electrically powered turbochargers ..yes ....the cutting edge of modern technology. Speaking of VW-created cars, the replacement for the...
Re: Help determining VW single cab value
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:27:53 -0700
...ve restored/rebuilt/replaced all the mechanical systems including a new turbocharger, new intermediate, crank shaft and rod bearings. It runs and a drives...
Re: Which bus hould I buy?
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 06 Feb 1996 09:20:00 -0800 (PST)
...to see no 009 distributor, dual Dellorto carbs, quiet-pack muffler, turbocharger etc.-- all the usual suspects for hotrodding VWs. Of course, the car...
Re: Deeply Saddened and Troubled -- thanks
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:19:23 EDT
...as to add the Saab vacuum advance control needed for the Turbocharger. After all, tonight I will go back to engineering the turbocharged 3A...
Contacts for VDO Gauges
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 Nov 95 19:23 CST
...Included are tachometer, voltmeter, ammeter, oil temperature, water temperature, oil pressure, vacuum, turbocharger, cylinder head temperature. The sender list is fairly specific, including temperature...
Help determining VW single cab value
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:18:21 -0800
...ve restored/rebuilt/replaced all the mechanical systems including a new turbocharger, new intermediate, crank shaft and rod bearings. It runs and a drives...
Re: Superchargers?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:46:28 -0700
...takes horsepower off the front end (parasitic) to operate > and a turbocharger gets it's power from the engine waste. I can see why...
Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
Historical mailing list - James
Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:17:45 -0500
Isn't the temperature of the exhaust coming out of the turbocharger lower than the temperature of the exhaust coming in? After all, that...
brass nuts
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 12:07:09 -0700
...and specifically > lists that it is good for exhaust components > including turbochargers. The > Corvair club found that brass nuts tend to loosen > and are...
Re: Porsche Flat 8? on ebay.
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:46:48 -0500
...1972 917/10 Bergspyder >at 4994cc> and a pair of Eberspacher turbochargers. 950 hp @ 8000 >rpm. 690 lb ft> torque. In a 750kg racecar...
Re: Diesel good idea? Engine idling!
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:30:33 -0500
...The turbochargers in diesel engines aren't as subject to failure due to oil coking in the turbo bearing as gas engine turbochargers are...
Re: MAF sensor and a waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 15:50:11 -0400
...Maybe he > >> has one of > those > >> electric turbocharger setups...) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Date: Sun, 30 Sep > 2007 19:43:17 -0700 > >> > From: Clint Kolda > <clint_kolda@YAHOO...