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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
If you had a turbodiesel you wouldn't have to worry about turning the boost on or off.
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Except there'd still be a torque hole before all hell breaks loose. With ~18,000 miles on the clock an engine swap isn't planned.
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Originally Posted by ecomodded
I was describing how easy it is to upgrade hp with a traditional waste gated turbo , try doing that with the fan .../
You will find that you can add a kick ass turbo with plenty of fueling on any car.
a non Turbo 350 Chev responds very well to a aftermarket Turbo as does a Geo Metro 3 cylinder and every other car you put one on.
You should look into putting real Turbo on your car ,Re manufactured Parts are not so expensive and you will get hp rather then fan power.
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I'm not really after 'power' I want off idle torque. I've got three turbo cars already FWIW
Keep in mind that F1 now uses electrically spooled exhaust driven turbos.
Advantages of the electrical set up are torque where I want it, with the flick of a switch you can be back to OEM specs, if the E-S/C fails, you're back to OEM specs (handy in the middle of no where) and much easier to install (my Haynes manual lists 30+ steps to remove the exhaust manifold). Can easily return the vehicle to OEM. There's no good place to mount a turbo in a TJ, at least not for any of the conversions I've seen, and they all use pod filters that are a really bad idea on a 100% off roader.
Anyway at 9 year old and 18k miles the Jeep is getting a bit of a facelift over summer so we'll see
