turbo bedford???

[Zeeman]

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.

[rossie]

Don't forget the vortex blower, specialy when you don't want to use carby as a arm rest

[Worby876]

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

Cheers

Ian

[Bas / NZ]

In the 90's you could buy the santra? or something like this name, stage 1,2 or 3 was around 2k new

[vintageholden]

i,m allready a member.
just wondered if any befords were ...

[rossie]

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

[Mr Whippy]

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.