<VV> Re: Early vs. Late turbos

Tony Underwood tonyu@roava.net
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:36:30 -0700


At 12:45 hours 06/11/2004 -0700, Eric S. Eberhard wrote:
>I agree, I think the earlies spool up faster due to the smaller turbo parts 
>and especially matched with the smaller engine.  I also think that the size 
>of the plumbing has an affect ... the plumbing is the same for my small 
>engined 62 as it is for a large engined 65+  ... it seems to me that this 
>is additional restriction on the larger engines causing a delay ...



For what it's worth, an early turbocharger on a late RL turbo engine with a
couple of mods will spool up noticeably quicker than the late turbocharger
and still make plenty of top end boost, enough to break the engine if
pressed.     


tony..