Crazy idea I keep having. Turbo!!!!!

[StangLX302]

Anyone ever thought about yanking one of those little turbos off of a wrecked new turbo jet ski and cobbling up some piping? Has it ever been done? Hmmmmmmmm...........

[edog]

You can look at spending $500 on the project.You would have to go to low compression.

[short4stuff]

How about like a yt175 ??? 6:1 stock compression lol

It would be harder though cause its 2 stroke.

[dogger]

being a two stroke won't effect how the turbo will preform or weather it works or not. back in the 30's indian and a couple now out of business cycle companies experaminted with turbo two strokes and some were even raced susscefully. what will be key for you is to find somebody that know's the working's of a turbo system the plumming and tune ect. I've though of this idea many times however I alway's could figure out how t get hp with out doing it.if you have any question's about it you could drop me a line I could explain to ya in a little more detail even could show ya come good reading material on the subject of turbo's if you are seriously interested. as stated before though it will cost a little money many in regaurds to the part's cost to puchase.

[StangLX302]

Thanks dogger. I pretty much do understand the workings of a turbo and how the plumbing is laid out. The tuning might be the issue though. I know I'm going to need some sort of fuel pump, because I don't think a gravity feed is going to cut it.

The other thing I'm wondering is if a blow through system would be better (boost before the carb) or a draw through set-up (after). I hear the blow through system is easier to plumb, but, a pain to tune, but, once you get it tuned, it's pretty nice.

I'm sort of serious about this. The only issue here is finding a very small, used turbo for it, such as the jet-ski I mentioned. That one might even be too big. I've never actually seen one. I only want to boost it maybe 4-5 PSI. I don't want to kill it. Other than that, tubing is cheap and welding is almost free.

[terdburgler03]

I have a turbo blaster it took some time to get it in there but when i did it was well worth the time and money

[StangLX302]

Any way you could post pics? Especially of the turbo mounted and all. What did you get the turbo from?

[edog]

That sound cool.

[200Xjapan]

Turboing a 2 stroke is a pain because the turbo needs to be placed after the expansion chamber. Correct jetting and ignition retard wil be the main concerns. High comp turbo builds a lot more torque than a low comp turbo but isn't as forgiving if your air fuel ratio is not correct.

Combustion on rotary engines is similar to a 2 stroke motor.

[bbechtel16]

Turboing a 2 stroke is a pain because the turbo needs to be placed after the expansion chamber. Correct jetting and ignition retard wil be the main concerns. High comp turbo builds a lot more torque than a low comp turbo but isn't as forgiving if your air fuel ratio is not correct.

Combustion on rotary engines is similar to a 2 stroke motor.

How does that make it a pain? Seems like the easier place to stick it to me...
I agree with all of you pretty much, jetting/tuning would be the toughest part to get right.