Re: [Amc-list] Turbo 195.6 American...

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Guy over on the Strokers list just bought one off a GLH at a wrecking yard.
I still need to find those 2.0 mitsu turbos, but I really don't want to start pulling stuff
out of that shed!

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Just fyi...
> 
> ... I can't find a turbo SMALL enough! for a 195.6... :-)
> 
> I'm sort-of joking... clearly they're out there, but none of
> the typical jobs used for hotrodding are even close. It's kinda
> funny, actually. Just googling compressor maps, most people
> turboing motors start with 100 - 200 hp and want 300, 400,
> 500, ...
> 
> I RTFMed over the weekend and made a spreadsheet to do the
> calculations (I should be working!!) so I can plug in simple
> what-ifs.
> 
> The on-paper goal is 200hp.  L heads are cheap, and physically
> the easiest to plumb up. Low compression would be fine, the
> "intake" flow not such an issue even with boost since total
> CFM is small.
> 
> Heat in the head is the worst problem. But it's all on paper
> now so that doesn't matter, the OHV would be the same except
> construction, not that it's head cooling is great, it at least
> has water in it!
> 
> I figure 4000 rpm max (a given), noticable boost starting
> at 2000.
> 
> 200hp with T4 or T5 in an early American would be very, very fun,
> low chassis stress and still good mileage if you could get the
> turbo to not work much at highway-OD speed. It might not even
> break a T-96 too quickly.
> 
> 
> 
> Turbo needs to be 10 to 22 lbs/min flow, min to max, pressure
> ratio about 2.0, about 13lbs boost.
> 
> The smallest that makes any sense is 150hp target (good for
> the flathead) then it wants 5 - 17 lbs/min, ratio of 1.5,
> 9 lbs boost.
> 
> The high boost needed is partly due to hot intake; thermostat
> temperature! Both motors have in-head "intake".
> 
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