18 replies to this topic

[ivanhoew]

physics comes to mind and power loss, fuel traveling through air is going to freeze, warm up the air and lose power. you dont want suck through you want blow through, and remember supercharge life is approx 15-20k when passing fuel through it compared to 80,000-100,000 when it only has air passing.

dave

same as not being able to use diesel turbo's on petrol engine's.....

hahahaha as if that were ever true !

[Turbo Phil]

same as not being able to use diesel turbo's on petrol engine's.....

I think that's been pretty much proved as nonsense now.

[miRon]

same as not being able to use diesel turbo's on petrol engine's.....

I think that's been pretty much proved as nonsense now.

yea, thats what i meant,

it's just like an old wive's tale....
some guy once upon a time used a diesel turbo on a petrol motor that only last 10k etc etc....
before you know it word's got out that they wont last 5 minutes.....of course they will,

[Sammy D]

same as not being able to use diesel turbo's on petrol engine's.....

I think that's been pretty much proved as nonsense now.

yea, thats what i meant,

it's just like an old wive's tale....
some guy once upon a time used a diesel turbo on a petrol motor that only last 10k etc etc....
before you know it word's got out that they wont last 5 minutes.....of course they will,

Well, hang on now. The only major difference is the seals and bearings. There are quite considerable differences in tollerances between the two types.