I WAS SPEAKING TO AN AUTOMOTIVE "EXPERT" WHO WAS TELLING ME THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO USE THE HEAD FROM A DIESEL VOLVO RATHER THAN THE B23FT HEAD I PLAN TO USE ON MY 85' 240 TURBO. IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO WHAT HE SAYS OR IS HE FULL OF IT. HE HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE HAVING SUCCESSFULLY FITTED A TURBO ONTO AN AUSTIN MINI (275 CRANK HORSEPOWER ON THE DYNO RUNNING 11 PSI OF BOOST) BUT I STILL THINK THE B23FT HEAD IS MUCH BETTER. ANY INPUT WOULD BE GREATLY APPREICIATED.

THANKS JUNIOR

who is this expert friend of yours? thats gotta be the biggest load of crap ive ever heard.

Huh???

Crack smokin' expert better stick with Mini's. Actually this is a New Year's BB joke right?? A L6 diesel head on a turbo L4....hey Joe, gotta hack saw?....no not the cleaver...OK I guess the recipro saw will work....then give me a big gob of that shit....no NOT that shit, that tub over there....OK you hold this while I get the torch....

BTW caps aren't FUN for the reader...my ears hurt.

He's no expert. He's full of it. The diesel head will not fit. At 8 psi of boost, the B230FT in a 740T produces 160 hp. If you figure about 7 HP per psi of boost, that's 21 extra HP for about 181 hp. The B230FT has a compression ratio of about 8.5:1. Your friend with the boosted Mini would have to be running a very high compression ratio to get 275 hp and would be in danger of detonation without adding a tremendous amount of fuel. Anything over 15psi on an engine designed for a turbo requires extra fuel.

Switch over to

Turbobricks as there is a lot of good info there.

Also click over to

Gus Mahon for lots of good high perf turbo info, including the G-valve.

BTW, please turn off your caps lock.

Thanks...

Even if it would fit (which it won't), in principle it is a bad

idea because you need a LOWER compression ratio with boost

and a diesel has a LOT HIGHER compression ratio.

The Volvo rwd diesel motors were made by Volkswagen, a 6 cylinder version of the basic Rabbit/Golf/Jetta diesel. There is no way any parts will interchange with a gasburner Volvo (except external accessories like alternators and power steering pumpts).

Sorry about the "CAPS" guys. This piece of s#$t keyboard of mine finally crapped out on me. I got a new one and all is well. As for the expert, I showed him all the responses to my question and he was "at a loss for words". Oh well thanks for setting me/him straight on this issue. Oh yeah one more quick thing. I am thinking of relocating the radio higher on the dash (less likely to rear-end someone this way). Has anyone attempted this and what is involved. As always, any help is greatly appreciated.

note: That 275 hp mini actually has 175 hp. He runs 94 octane gas with 3 cans of 104 octane booster at each fill-up. (not really important but just wanted to clarify that)

Thanks a bunch guys, and all the best for the New Year!!!

Sincerely,

Junior Baptiste

yeah, i did that. with a cd player though, not the stock deck. i think all the wires were long enough too (it was a while ago).