Colin you quite right in what you are saying, you can build your engine for a turbo if you think you may add one at a later date. For the corvair about the only change you need to make are good stainless valves, good pistons & total seal rings. Clarks sell the proper cam to use, it is the TB10 cam for use in turbo applications. WW thinks the setup to go with would be the suck through setup, i.e. the turbo sucks the air & fuel mix through the carb into the turbo and out to the manifold. How ever with this setup ( and this is my personnel position ) I would not use an intercooler, because the chance of gas pooling in the cooler. How ever your mileage may very. The diesel engine in my truck has 17:1 compression and will produce 36 lbs of boost, but it is built for it.
Eric Pitts Terre Haute Indiana KR2S http://home.att.net/~e.j.pitts/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Rainey" <brokerpi...@bellsouth.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:03 PM Subject: KR> turbos > > > My point for mentioning this is that when considering an add-on to a stock > engine, like a turbo or supercharger, you need to consider the whole engine > design package in order to get the most for your money spent. The same > amount of air was being pumped into the engine, but the cams, intake valves, > and intake manifold determined how much actually went into the engine, and > how much stayed in the intake just making pressure. I personally recommend > installing complete design packages, where the engine has all modifications > made by the turbo designer in order to get best results. Companies like > Vortech, and Banks Turbochargers have tech guys that will guide you to what > to purchase to get a complete working package that will accomplish what you > want. Be wary of the Ebay deals, unless you know what to get and what you > WILL get. Often times these people have tried these packages and found them > not to work, and so they are selling them to the unwary. Do NOT take the > advice of the counter guy at Autozone or Advance or Central Auto Parts or > NAPA when it comes to the aftermarket performance parts. If they knew as > much as they think they do, they would not be working there... > > Colin Rainey
