Re: Weird KKK turbos

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

Brett Dikeman wrote:

> Diesel turbos, for sure.  Betcha they're for the turbodiesel hummers; I
> know Hummer came out with a TD Hummer a couple years ago.  Uncle Sam
> probably bought a few too many replacement turbos.  The only other thing I
> can think of  are piston aviation engines, but not much in our modern-day
> military uses those engines anymore :)
>
> Most turbo applications these days are with diesel engines, and a fair
> number of turbos migrate to gasolene applications.  The Calloway 944
> conversion used a turbo from IHI(Ishimodo[sp?] Heavy Industries),
> originally designed for diesels.
>
> Brett
>
> > Got some weird KKK turbos in from uncle Sam, these things are brand new and
> > HUGE!! Four inch compressor and exhaust outlets..

There were also some multi-fuel 5ton 6X6 trucks that used a turbo on the engine
back in the early '80s. I'm not sure what the current 5ton trucks are running
though.

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