Been there done it and like it as well..Put an old Subie turbo runing 5 lbs
boost...no fuel isssues yet, but the turbo is being rebuilt as we speak due
to oil smoking issues. tried an audi S4 unit on there and it sucked, not
blew so to speak..back to the subie unit.
There are several others who have succesfully done it with many miles on
them.
Look at the bottom of my home page for a link to the prototype pics of it
all and holler with any questions..
daryl@aatransaxle.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Boldway" jboldway@HOTMAIL.COM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:29 PM
Subject: Krazy turbo idea

> Has anybody ever looked in to turbocharging a wasserboxer at a low level
> of
> boost to gain another 10 or 20% for climbing hills? I'm in Washington and
> going places like over Snoqualmie pass needs another ~15 to 20% power to
> gain at anything but dangerously slow speeds on the highway. I'd rather
> not
> do a Subie conversion.  It seems a candidate due to combustion chamber
> design as long as you free the the restrictions in the Y pipe . . . .
> This "would" be easier on a carburated version . . . not sure the "mass
> airflow sensor" really is a "mass" sensor or if it is a volume sensor.
> Doubt
> it would behave properly. Any ideas?
> I don't want a fast vanagon, just want one the can climb hills at a safe
> speed on freeways. Second gear on the highway is unsafe (only in a few
> ares
> but have hit that).
>
> Don't even have a Westy now, will buy another in the Fall, but had my '85
> "panzerkampingwagen" Westy out here in 2000 and had a hades of a time
> going
> up these hills ( from Kansas - we don't have too many hills;~) ). Is there
> any noticable difference between the 1.9L and the 2.1?