OK, sick of seeing a new "HOW DO I TURBOCHARGE" thread every day.

im gonna run through this kinda quick and leave some stuff out because i dont claim to know it all, but ill add to this later. im not going to say how a turbo works... im gonna leave general knowledge out (at my discretion)

basic needs to start

turbo/s

extra stainless steel piping ,or PVC for low boost applications.

intercooler(optional)

turbo exhaust-manifold or knowledge of how to weld up your own set of headers. (ford 351W can use upside down mounted mustang headers : www.toohighpsi.com)

exhaust must feed into turbo, then you must run exhaust from turbo.

shoudl have fresh air sourse for turbo

boosted area should lead to intercooler (optional) and then to carbs or throttle body.

oil lines to and fron turbo.

when you let off the gas (which closes your butterfly) under boost it will try to find a way out (usually back through the turbo) which will either slow down the turbo or make it run backwards (very bad). the cure to this is a bypass valve. Put a vacuum sensor under the throttle body. when it detects high vacuum the bypass valve pops open and the extra boost releases there without have to worry about waiting for the turbo to spool back up to speed. when you stomp on the gas again the valve closes.(duh)

the main problem with turbos is that the fuel mixtrue is hard to get right. your either running good mixture under boost and rich under normal driveing conditions. or good under normal and lean under boost. there is a way (dont know how exactly) to tune a vacuum secondary carbs secondarys rich and rigg it so it only opens up under boost. (if anyone figures that out let me know... like i said, i dont know everything.)

intercoolers are good because they cool down the air. compression of the air makes it hotter, with if it is too hot it will pre-detonate in the cylinder, if you dont know what that means just stick to something simple like corss-stitch or picking your nose.

you need to make sure that you have the turbo righ-side up when mounted becuase they usually dont have a pressured oil return. which also means that you must have the turbo mounted above where your returning the oil too.


DONT RIP ON ME FOR LEAVING THINGS OUT OR POSSIBLY GIVING SOME MISS-INFORMATION. THIS IS JUST WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. PLEASE DONT POST HERE IF YOU MORALLY DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING BEING SAID (LIKE NOT MAKING NEWBS SEARCH)

constructive critisizm is always appreciated.

 

hi,
yea i was just curious as i would like to do it someday,how would you turbo charge a carb?ive seen that one setup in summit,but is there anyother way of doint it,without that?thanks.

 

yes pimpinhil, vortech came out with the blowers for carbs, but it will set u back around 2,400 bucks,

 

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