engine/turbo theory question

[Robert Deis]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Todd Phenneger wrote:

> What I've noticed though with turbo's is even with High
> compression 10vt's, higher than my old NA 4kq,  they still have
> no power till the turbo spools up.

I beleive you- that perception has nothing to do with the turbo's
presence, though, but instead is driven by two things:

1> Design decisions in the *engine* that accomodate the greater mass flow
they assume the turbo will provide. (Which are then the engine's fault,
not the turbo's)
2> The "butt-o-meter" factor that notices a huge difference as the turbo
spools, and so perceives the pre-boost power to be less than it really is.

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