[Vwdiesel] Turbo costs/etc.

[Sandy Cameron]

Adding a turbo to an NA engine will do it no harm, as long as you do not
install a turbo pump, and hook up the boost aneroid.The turbo WILL cure
altitude sickness, and cut back or eliminate smoke (all other factors being
normal). The car will perform as if at sea level, at 10,000 feet.

The turbo just blows more fresh air in to the cylinders aiding clean
combustion. 
You only risk the engine if you jack up the fueling, or connect the turbo
boost aneroid , which does the same thing.

Then you need the piston coolers, an EGT gauge,  and to be carefull how much
you allow the boost to increase the fueling.

Sandy


At 09:52 PM 16/07/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>There have been several threads on VW Vortex lately about turboing  
>Normally Aspirated 1.6 Diesels.  People have been doing it with  
>positive results.  Some are just adding 5-7 PSI, while another  
>decided to see if he could kill the engine and cranked it up to  
>20psi.  There haven't been any failures associated with the turbo yet.
>
>All of this got me thinking, why couldn't I add a turbo to the  
>Rabbit?  How much does the associated parts cost?  I'd have to add  
>the intake/exhaust manifold, the turbo, some sort of airbox, and  
>that'd be about it.  I'm kinda getting giddy with the thought of  
>maybe adding a few horsepower, or at least compensating for the high  
>altitude here.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>-Matt
>http://matt_lisa.home.sprynet.com/
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