Most blowers used in gasoline applications have a bypass valve built into them
Certain years of supercharged Toyota MR2 use a clutched supercharger. Toyota claimed that not spinning the blower when its not needed saved them 2mpg.
On a diesel you want air being forced into the engine all the time. That waste heat that goes out the exhaust is doing work via the turbocharger and force feeding more air into the engine. Diesel engines are not like gas engines, diesels need all the air they can possibly get all the time. This helps their fuel mile age and power. Completely opposite of how a gasoline engine is.
Now if I had unlimited time and money or a 6-71 blower miracle its self into my possession I would love to experiment with some turbocharger over supercharger violence.
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Originally Posted by bondvagabond
Hey oil pan, would this be a good match for my 7.3, not hauling much weight and cruising 60mph at 1600rpm?
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That may be a T76. I think its big enough for a 7.3L.
You are trying to do just about the same thing I am by shooting for 1600rpm at 60mph.
If there was an easy way for me to just run my T76 by its self I would, just to see what its like.
Then if you cant use it, don't want it or don't like it, sell it to me. That T76 looking turbo with large exhaust housing would make a great lazy atmospheric turbo for my set up. The P-trim T76 ends up doing most of the work of the 2 turbochargers and it should be the other way around.
The pictures are of my T76 exhaust housing when I coated it and the other one is of the large HE351VE turbocharger getting setup to be force fed by the even larger T76.
The 2 turbochargers together are so heavy a attached them to my engine stand. Used properly these turbochargers could support around 3000 horsepower. They have an easy life, I don't push them any where near their full capability.
