Re: [Amc-list] T14 OD -T96 OD - 5 speed

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

re: little car, modest low-speed boost

> i don't see why not - it's only a matter of sizing the turbo to the
> airflow, smaller at these low rpm than a 'screamer'.  another point -
> dynamic stress goes as the square of rpm; stock internals that can
> take 140hp at 5000 can handle quite a lot of boost at 2500.

That's what I was thinking. For this sort of car, light, a six, simple, 
low-stress components, ... OK cheap (Rambler Mentality! :-), 25 - 50 hp 
gain  is a big deal. It makes for an interesting and more-fun car. It's not 
really about "saving money" though it does that. There's something about 
working within the bounds of a modest lightweight car that's really 
appealing to me, and I assume others that drive these things.

Probably lost all the AMX fans! :-)


> so you don't have a metric buttload of hp - torque is what moves your
> car off the line.

And I was just marvelling today, how I'm pulling in heavy traffic at 700rpm 
in 3rd gear at 15mph, what a nice machine it is to drive. I doubt even a 
small (tiny!) turbo would be pumping much at those flows. It's a very 
old-fashioned experience. To me this is the core of driving a 
half-century-old car.

> imho you'd have to start thinking about that mopar 10" clutch with
> that kind of hp...

Well I guess this is one of those things you can actually predict and 
measure -- a clutch cares about torque, not RPM (up until balance etc 
matters).

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