<VV> Re: Turbo Boost

[corvairs]

You know I'm not mad at you Bill..................Unca Lonald

Bill Elliott wrote:

> Sorry Lon... I should have also noted that I am running a set of your 
> KB HK's in my very similar "hot" turbo 140 engine with absolutely no 
> problems. I would not even consider a set of Fed Mogul forged for a 
> hot turbo application... they might be better than stock, but not 
> nearly as good as the KB's. IMO, of course. My only (intended) 
> comparison were between the KB's and the custom forged... I think 
> there is no comparison the other way.
>
> IMO, you are correct that most customers really don't need anything 
> more than the KBs, but they DO need more than the "standard" forged to 
> run high boost.  I should have more carefully spelled this out in my 
> response.
>
> But I am also very careful concerning detonation... my recommendation 
> to go with custom forged was only to give a slightly higher margin of 
> error with regards to potential detonation damage. The engine builder 
> would need to consider whether this was worth the additional cost.. I 
> think it's likely that most would think it's not.
>
> Bill
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