Re: Twin Turbo Scematics or enginerring theory?

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

If you want the complete kit, the Island Twin Turbo will have 
everything you need. Typicly, 2 IHI RHB-5 chargers are used on the 
DeLorean. If you wanted to build everything custom, then I suppose 
that you could pick up a couple of these from the junkyard, and then 
pay to have them rebuilt. From what I've seen, these are usually used 
1 to a I-4 motor. So with 2 for a V-6, it's easy to see where the 
extra pep comes from.

Neverminding the custom exhaust and various piping that the car will 
need, you will also need to complete a fairly large range of internal 
work to the engine. Yes, I know that you can simply bolt many of 
these kits on, but for the $ you're going to pay, you'll want to 
extract as much performance as possible from the turbos. Which at the 
every least can mean lowering the compression ratio. And you'll be 
buying higher octane gas from there on out.

The Legend turbo design that was commissioned by DMC is IMO the best 
implementation that I've ever seen for the DeLorean. Internals were 
reworked, it had dual intercoolers, etc... So it's no wonder that it 
was estimated to cost the buyer an extra $8K. And that was 1981 
dollars! Th Island kit is ok, but isn't one that I would choose. No 
intercoolers, and far more piping than the Legend. So on that note, 
when I do save up enough to increase my engine power, I'm probably 
just going to stick with the non-aspirated. That is of course unless 
someone has a real legend engine that they would like to part with at 
that time! :)

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Vin 5386 <delorean_stainless@xxxx> wrote:
> Another question I'm thinking about today, Does anyone
> know of a supplier for a twin turbo that will fit the
> plenum of the PRV? I'd be interested in that. But even
> more interesting is if anyone has a working scematical
> plan of the twin turbo layout? I'm thinking of moding
> my PRV with a custom turbo but I need a starting
> point. In one pic I saw that the "W" section of the
> plenum was removed and piped down. If anyone has some
> info they might be able to send me Id be very
> interested. 
> 
> Todd
> Vin5386