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damn-I-Suck
[12] Conqueror
Soo many ppl slap turbos on their cars and don't know the first thing about compression, fuel injectors needing to be bigger (to be able to deliver more fuel for all that air you're shoving into the engine), fuel pressure regulators needing to be switched, possibly making cuts on the block as to lower compression ratio, reflashing the PCM so the system knows the proper air/fuel mixtures.
Basically, what HRD said about what happens when you're compression is too high. My dodge had a 9:1 ratio, which is normal for most naturally aspirated engines. A turbo would bump it up to prolly 11:1 and that engine was not meant for that kind of punishment.
Yeah, there's a lot of shit you have to do to add turbo and do it right. I am 1 1/2 year into my 2 year program and even I don't know everything you have to do for turbos. I'm not really interested in high performance anyways, I'm more into the day-to-day cars.
Personally, I think the best thing to do if you want turbo is to buy a car that already has turbo built into it from stock. Some people disagree, but that's my take on it.
Basically, what HRD said about what happens when you're compression is too high. My dodge had a 9:1 ratio, which is normal for most naturally aspirated engines. A turbo would bump it up to prolly 11:1 and that engine was not meant for that kind of punishment.
Yeah, there's a lot of shit you have to do to add turbo and do it right. I am 1 1/2 year into my 2 year program and even I don't know everything you have to do for turbos. I'm not really interested in high performance anyways, I'm more into the day-to-day cars.
Personally, I think the best thing to do if you want turbo is to buy a car that already has turbo built into it from stock. Some people disagree, but that's my take on it.