[Vwdiesel] Add just turbo to NA?

[pmdolan at sasktel.net]

A clarification: you can do the hill and EGT thing with an NA, but not 
too many NA trucks around any more.  The increased RPM at the same 
speed (i.e. "leaner" A/F ratio) will show lower EGT for same HP. 

On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 08:43:17 -0700, "Andrew .Libby" 
<libbybapa at gmail.com> wrote:
A "leaner" burn on a diesel does not increase EGTs.  That is gasser
> thinking.  Increasing the fuel for a given amount of air increases EGTs in
> the functional range of fueling for these engines.  Decreasing the fuel to
> air decreases the temps (this includes increasing the air side of the
> ratio). 
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com>wrote:
>
> >
> > A "leaner" burn will raise the temps, but is unlikely to cause a problem,
> > as the valves, cylinderhead and pistons tend to be fairly robust, and
> > they are far from marginal in the NA engine. 
> >
> >
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