Help Needed With My Thermal Design Project - Designing a Turbo System for the Slant!
I read the wikipedia description of thermodynamics and feel a little dumber now. It is way over my head. I hope the op goes on to a brilliant career designing good working systems that are user friendly and designed with repair technicians in mind. He already is starting off on the right foot with a slant six.
He could do a lot worse...
I decided to try this (turbocharging) with a slant six for several reasons (as opposed to a different motor):
1. They are about as cheap to acquire as any engine imaginable; the one I am working on was given to me... you can't get much cheaper than that!
2. I am, first and foremost, a Mopar man... 'nuf sed.:D
3. I like A Bodies, the home stomping grounds for the 170-198-225 motors.
4. The unusually stout infrastructure of the slant 6 makes it a good candidate for forced induction of any kind.
5. I already have a V8 with a supercharger on it, and wanted to try something different.
6. The two FABO members who have what I believe to be virtually 500 horsepower turbo slant sixes had, by example, showed me some of what was possible with this motor with a 4-barrel carburetor and a "backyard" approach.
7. The inherently restrictive design of the original cylinder head made the gaining of power in wholesale lots, look like a too-expensive and time-consuming exercize for me, normally-aspirated.
8. I have a friend who GAVE me a brand new, in the box, Turbonetics turbo of the right size for this project. And, an intercooler.... and, a suitable wastegate.
9. My favorite Mopars are early A Bodies, and this was a natural (bolt-in.)
10. The prospect of outrunning Corvettes and other Brand X machinery with a six with 1 four barrell and an automatic transmission was just too tempting to resist!
Talk's cheap! We'll see.:blob:
