I haven't worked on turbos, but my last three cars ('85 Daytona, '85 Saab and '90 Eagle Talon) have been turbos. Basically you're trading power for longevity. The cars that come with turbos from the factory are typically built to take the extra strain of the more powerful explosion. The Talon has 93k miles and the engine still purrs, has good compression, and uses almost no oil. Turbos are often oil-cooled and therefore oil changes at regular intervals becomes more critical than in normally aspirated cars (turbos run hot and can coke up the oil; dunno if this is the same for superchargers). I would guess that the wasserboxer cooling system is already taxed and adding more strain to that is probably a bad idea. My mostly unqualified $0.02. -Karl +========================================+ | Karl F. Bloss, Senior Systems Engineer | | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | blosskf@ttown.apci.com | | http://www.airproducts.com/ | | < PGP encrypted mail preferred > | | key: http://www.enter.net/~bloss | +========================================+ I speak for myself. Public Affairs speaks for Air Products...
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