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Ralph Mowery

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My Genesis is 232 cu in (3.8 ltr) and puts out 311 HP with no turbo but
you can get a 3.3 liter turbo with 365.

In spite of pushing the compression up, turbos today run just fine on
regular 87 octane and regular oil. They don't have the turbo lag of the
past. I had a '83 Mercedes with the turbo diesel. It took a few
seconds for the turbo kick in. I live on a holl and it was an annoyance
when I turned out of my driveway to go up the hill.

I have never driven a turbo, so do not know how well they do. My
thinkig in that knowing sort of how they work is like your 83 Mercedes.
I am thinking that at low engine rpm there is not enough ehaust gas to
spin up the turbo. That would not let it develop as much low end torq
as a larger engine, then as the rpm went up it would develop more high
end horsepower.

I often wonder how the horse power ratings of the cars bult in the late
1960's compair to the ratings now. With every thing being fudged over
the years. Like the 1969 Dodge I had with the 340 cuin engine. They
said the factory rated it at 275 HP to get it in a drag racing class,
but it was more like 320 hp the way the car ran. I don't recall seeing
or have forgotten what an independant test would have shown.

I know there were at least two 'standards' of HP ratings. One was the
engine on a test stand under optimal conditions and the other was to put
the car on a dynometer and running it. That showed up all the losses in
the transmission and other things.