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Subject:Re: Fw: turbo? supercharched?
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Sat, 14 Mar 1998 21:49:24 -0500

On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Aaron Brady wrote:
> > i constantly see postings for increased power via engine swaps.  why
> hasn't
> > anyone been able to turbo or supercharge their 2.1 wasserboxer?  this
> doesn't
> > seem to be that hard.  or does it?  it seems that would be the way to get
> the
> > extra horsepower and torque.  well?  anyone?   i'll check the archives
> too

wouldn't putting on a supercharger or a turbocharger kill the engine
because of the extra stress put on it by the afore mentioned add-on?

except for the turbo-diesels which are built stronger, and the VW
(modelnamehere) G50's whose engine is also built stronger.

my $.02 worth

Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee

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