Re: [DML] Re: How many Island Turbos

["Don Ekhoff ekhoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [dmcnews]" <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

I have seen nice looking manifolds on your site. From an enjoyment of driving point of view (5 speed), which is better?; an Island twin Turbo or your free flow exhaust? I've ported my heads (especially the exhaust ports, the intakes were fairly good stock) and am thinking a well flowing normally aspirated engine might be the better bet. Any hunch on torque/HP? If nothing else the tail end would be lighter without the turbos.

I also have a couple single turbo D's that are fine but still really don't have any 'snap' by today's standards.

Don

On 08/21/2014 04:45 PM, 'John Hervey' john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [dmcnews] wrote:

 

I have a car with Island Twin Turbo though I took them off to make exhaust
manifolds. There is another here in the Dallas area with an Island set up on
it and a man that owns a shop that installed he said at least 10 of them
when Turbo Manufacturing was selling the kits.
I also bought another kit new in the box about 5 years ago.
John Hervey
Delorean auto parts


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Subject: Re: [DML] Re: How many Island Turbos

Bob,

I have a D that had Island Turbo's. It also had two scuba sized Nitrus
bottles in the front boot and a stripped ring gear on the Differential.
I bought it ~20 years ago and haven't done anything with it other than
tearing it down for rebuild. Don't know the vin off hand. I do have the
plumbing but don't think highly of it. The log exhaust manifolds are a
disgrace but I have ported them to the point (probably double the flow
potential) where they might be usable. The car is located in Cd'A, Idaho.

Don

On 04/19/2005 05:37 PM, Bob Brandys wrote:
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> I know of about 30--40 cars with Island turbos. Most in CA.
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> There must be 500 of them in storage somewhere!!
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> This must also mean that a lot of the unregistered Ds are island turbos.
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> BOB
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Donald L. Ekhoff
CTO/Owner
Seagull Solutions, Inc.
www.seagullsolutions.net
(408)612-6507 cell PST

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