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Re: diesel head 200 1985

posted by  someone claiming to be wbain on  Fri Dec 29 11:27 CST 2000 [RELATED]

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...





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