Mitsubishi Fuso trucks are a good source of turbos.



What kind of turbo?

 

^ the early model fusos had 12cm 18G's, and the later models had the same hotside with a 20G compressor. Great if you can find a junkyard with one of those in there and the 'yard dog' doesn't realize what kind of turbo it is.

 

[quote name='Il RX8 lI' date='May 9 2005, 05:56 PM']Is it just me or did this thread get really complicated, really fast? It went from "I got a big truck turbo for cheap, will it work?" to engineering math equations that my english major *** would never understand.


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Its actually very easy to understand all you need is a basic understanding of math and science

 

i was going to say what defrag did, but in dummer terms just cuz i couldnt get that technical, i have limited knowledge of turbos but if you understand the basic principle that the cold air that goes in per xxxrpm has the same mass as the air that comes out at xxxrpm but the volume changes drasticaly because heat makes things expand. air going in at 70 degrees F has a much smaller volume than the same air coming out at 1600 degrees F. so if the mack truck or whatever has a displacement of lets say 7 liters and an exhaust temp of 1000 degrees and has a redline of 5 grand. and the mazda has 1.3 liters of displacement, an exhaust temp of 1700 degrees and a redline of 8 grand its possible that the mazda wuld move an equivalent amount of air at a higher rpm and a higher exhaust temp. In theory its possible but highly improbable. sorry for the horrible spelling and the ziploc baggie was a good example.