can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

im sure its been posted but i couldnt find it. is there a difference im getting a t28 from a dsm but the 4g63 motor was a diesel which is stamped 4g6N is this gonna work or am i gonna break something ?

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

A turbo is just an air pump, doesn't really matter what kind of gas the original engine used. Go ahead and use it.

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

thanks bud :)

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

Diesel turbos work, BUT you have to make sure they are sized correctly.

How many revs does the 4G6N turn? Sleazy rule of thumb is that the turbo off a 10 liter diesel engine that turns 3000 rpms is a good fitment on a 5.0 liter gas engine turning 6000 rpms.

I have seen ONE turbo off of diesel farm equipment, a T3 chassis, with a COMPLETELY ALIEN turbine wheel and split tang turbine housing. I think it's an anomaly, but take a peek before you commit yourself - a turbine meant for pulsed flow (a la Hitachi in an RX7) might not be ideallized for a constant pressure manifold setup as found in regular gas applications.

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

diesel turbo's tend to have a rather larger turbine to compressor ratio due to the fact that the diesel gasses expand a lot more than petrol gasses when exiting the combustion chamber.

Personally I wouldnt bother, there are plenty of good petrol turbo's out there to be had

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

I don't think that you could spool it.

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

You're ------- dumb. He didn't even say what kinda turbo he was talking about. He could spool plenty of diesel turbos ::)

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

No. Gasoline engines create more energy, when rpms and displacement have been equalized, than diesels.

Power is derived from expansion of water vapor formed in the combustion reaction - that hot gas heat ---- doesn't fly with me.

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

lots of guys run manual turbo cummins diesel (dodge) turbos on there 800cc snowmobiles around here :-\

Re: can you use a diesel turbo on a Unleaded fi car ?
 

Yep. Cummins turbos.

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