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Subject:Turbo Waterboxer was Re: Tough driving in thin air
From:Mark Keller
Date:Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:16:09 -0800

Ari,

When Yoshi post pictures of his Nippon get together there was a
turbocharged waterboxer.

Sincerely,

Mark Keller
91 Carat non turbo

>On the vanagon perhaps some type of small gated turbocharger might be
>available. I have seen somewhere a picture of a turbo'd WBX, but I don't
>remember where. I have also seen turbo's available that a good
>automotive craftsman could adapt.

        I'd like to see that picture. Was it intercooled, too?

>If a gated turbo could be installed to keep the atmospheric pressure at
>sea-level where-ever you are ... be it at the beach or Leadville, CO on
>a hot day, you would really have something.
>
        At the very least it would be a plumbing nightmare given the
        WBX exhaust manifold design. A supercharger installation would
        be a lot simpler....

        Having lived and gone to high school within a few blocks of
        Paxton, maker of superchargers for automotive and aeronautical
        applications, I have some personal experience with supercharging

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