Re: [Amc-list] Turbo stock 4.0
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Re: [Amc-list] Turbo stock 4.0



There ya go.
14lbs on a stock engine seems to be about the breaking point :]

I need to find info on my turbo to see what it is and what it may be good for.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> found this on JeepStrokers.com posted by 'TurboTom' :
> 
> 
> "I am building a 4.0 for an AMC Spirit drag car.
> 
> Megasquirt fuel injection, controlling an MSD box. Old TO-4 turbo with 
> birficated housing, home made headers.
> 
> During my first stock engine test on an engine dyno I have made 465 
> ft/lbs and 395 HP at 4500 RPM (14 pounds of boost) Promply cracked 2 
> pistons and pushed the head gasket out. Just part of testing and I knew 
> these things would happen.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> milnersXcoupe
> 1981 series50
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