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Technical => Driveline => Topic started by: vintageholden on January 16, 2012, 11:45:29 PM
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has anyone turboed there bedford???
just toying with the idea..
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tabu
and Roberts van. only ones I know of.
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What about a supercharger, would a beddy be able to reach a speed that would allow a supercharger to kick in. And if it could reach speed, how safe would a beddy be.
george.
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There are a range of superchargers available for your V6 George... ;)
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What about a supercharger, would a beddy be able to reach a speed that would allow a supercharger to kick in. And if it could reach speed, how safe would a beddy be.
george.
You've watched mad max to much, superchargers are full time, turbos kick in
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What about a supercharger, would a beddy be able to reach a speed that would allow a supercharger to kick in. And if it could reach speed, how safe would a beddy be.
george.
lol, how fast we talkin George? :D
the green n white poptop camper does 110kms very comfy,
takes off quite quickly as well.
thats gold i recon
wonder what a 9kg nitro,s bottle would do :D
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How about this one George
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Ok, i was asking, as i am not up to speed with them. I was just wondering if they are used for speed or for better economy. I am not putting one on my van, but thought if they help with towing or the like then yeh. I mean why do you have a turbo / supercharger ?
george
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For more power George They force more fuel/air into the motor which makes more torque /power Definitely not for economy But with a positiv displacment supercharger it gives more torque down low in the rev range & when driven right gould use less fuel
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Modern cars are running two turbos, a small for down low and a big one for higher revs, this can wipe the lag. Which makes it easier to control in the wet exspecialy. The size of the turbos or blowers is what brakes it up from torque, power or economy. It depends on what you want and build it for that. Tooo many people get carried away when building motors and then they chew too much juice, hard to manage in traffic. They are not the cheapest way to go but the end result can mean an orsam alround motor
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What about a supercharger, would a beddy be able to reach a speed that would allow a supercharger to kick in. And if it could reach speed, how safe would a beddy be.
george.
You've watched mad max to much, superchargers are full time, turbos kick in
Castlemaine Rod Shop was marketing a kit a few years back for the Holden V6 that allowed the supercharger to be swirched on or off - just like on the Interceptor!
There are some some pretty cheap twin turbo kits available for small blocks that would be ideal for a heavy van. The advantage of a turbo is that it can be set up to come in at higher revs, when the power is needed most.
Small roots blowers like the Weiand 177 are also good & don't add too much height to the motor.
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Don't forget the vortex blower, specialy when you don't want to use carby as a arm rest
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my late father Jack was looking into turbo for the motorhome Holden 202 straight 6
To get better power and performance...he was looking at air research or Garret turbos
Costs were about $6k so he flagged it away .
Check out this website for info http://www.turbo202.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5055 (http://www.turbo202.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5055)
Cheers
Ian
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In the 90's you could buy the santra? or something like this name, stage 1,2 or 3 was around 2k new
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i,m allready a member.
just wondered if any befords were ...
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Another way to save the pennys would be to run a black motor fuel injected manifold, run a small vortex blower mounted on the side of the motor, belt with a power steering pully, use piping to conect to the throttle body on the manifold and your there. the over drive comes down to the size of the pully on the blower. If you can make the brackets your self, and blower secound hand the cost could be down to a grand if your lucky ;)
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has anyone turboed there bedford???
just toying with the idea..
yes my motorhome is turbo charged straight lpg. The whole point was to get more power out of the old 202 when I changed to lpg. You can see some pics of the install in my gallery.
It works well but high engine temps (110c +) can be an issue especially in summer, I think the biggest problem is not getting enough air out of the engine compartment to allow the radiator to work at its best. Having said that I just towed my 18 foot boat from perth to waroona dam on the weekend and the ambient temp was over 40c. No issues apart from the bloody big hill between the town and the dam.