Re: Turbo on a non turbo engine

[Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.pl>]

At 16:30 29.10.98 -0500, Ken Johnson wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>Just sitting around (very sick, stayed home from school).  I know that
>the turboed engines have sodium cooled valves(or something like that). 
>Would my non turboed engine (2.2 inline 5, CGT)stand up to the rigors of
>a turbo? (Just researching....Christmas is just around the corner!).

The subject of adding a turbocharger to the normally aspirated engine has
been extensively discussed on the list in the past... It is not only
easier, but also much cheaper to simply put complete turbocharged engine. I
believe only AudiDudi was/is going to build a low-pressure turbocharged
engine starting with normally aspirated NF, but then, he's one of the Audi
Gods ;-) Mortals should not attempt this :-)

Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)