RE: turbos

["Mac @ TRIAD" <mac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

## >> This is a guess, but I'll bet they mean that the
## >> engine had 115 hp before the turbo was added. There is
## >> no on/off switch for a turbo, and I doubt there's ever
## >> been one on a belt driven supercharger, though with an
## >> electric clutch(similar to the one on an AC
## >> compressor) you could probably make one. But if you
## >> think about it, you could maybe adapt that to an
## >> exhaust driven turbo with some fancy engineering.

i understand the basics of turbocharging, so i know there is no on/off
switch.  at least, none that i've ever seen, anyway.  as far as on/of
superchargers, i forget who makes them but there's a company that came out a
few years ago with one that can be switched on and off.  i don't remember
now how they accomplished this, but it was a pretty neat idea.

as for the 4-152T...  the 4-152 had 93hp, 115 with the turbo.  the 4-196 had
111hp or so (110.8 i think).  it's that whole "on demand" or "as needed"
idea with the 4-152T that i'm not getting.  seems like it'd be just a flat
always-on straight 115hp kind of deal.  just kind of a curious sort of thing
to read.

--Mac

---------------------------------------------------------------
Take care and be well, all thee and thine;

May the Hamr lend thee Strength and Courage,
May the Twin Ravens lend thee Wisdom and Guidance,
May the Wolves Guard and Protect thee, and
May the Light of Harmony ever shine brightly upon thee and thine,
Through all thy Life's Journeys, from this life unto the next!

Hail the Gods and Goddesses of our Folk!
Wassail!

Krystof "Mac" MacBryghde
TyrGothi

http://master.triad.ath.cx/