NavyCuda

Oh... well it can't be that difficult to come up with something... i use the tiny tach diesel on my cummins conversion but there has to be better answers than that...

What are you doing about tach signal?

I had the inside and outside of my exhaust manifold, turbine housing and downpipe coated in flat black. I had no clearance or fitment issues with the inside of my turbine housing coated. Though this is on a 5.9L cummins turbo diesel

My lincoln 220v (model 180c) uses the 50amp plug, same as most dryers/electric range. Nice thing with the 220, my lights don't flicker like they do with 110 volt welders.

The zx has some good points, but I personally prefer the s30... If I want a ZX i'll move back into a z31...

What kind of HID's? The ebay ballasts and kits can be very problematic, and the s30's seem to have weak headlight wiring to start off with. Do you have a link to pictures of your LD install... I want to do one so bad, just the lack of engine availability makes it difficult.

I have the 220 volt Lincoln welder, I previously had the 120 volt. Both are the infinitely adjustable feed and voltage. I highly suggest using 0.020 with c25(argon & CO2 mix), with Lincoln consumables. There is a pretty big difference in weld quality, at least to me, with the cheap wire and the properly packaged Lincoln wire. The 220 volt is an incredible machine and is capable of much more than it appears to. Though I only have one 220volt plug in at both the shop and house so I had to invest in a rather expensive extension cord... $270 for 50 feet, though I made it myself.

Ahh yes, I stand corrected! Much appreciated. I guess I'm going to have to look harder at the stupid VH swap... Have six of the damn things at work. I was really hoping to blow a LD up to find out what it can take, or maybe it would take as much as I felt comfortable with... in which case it would be a pretty damn stout engine. I'm hell bent on 30psi +, because it is the only way to use the turbos I have available to me and keep them efficent.

If only LD's were easier to find in British Columbia!!!

Those sound like the specs for the ®D28T & Ti...

Although I have no practical experience with compounding, I don't believe there would be excessive backpressure against the engine. I would figure there would be more, but it wouldn't be "doubled" or anything like that. Both turbos would be working in their respective efficiency ranges and the wastegates would keep everything in check, so I just don't see how the back pressure could actually get out of hand. It also seems compound turbocharging has a tendency to assist in dropping EGT's, so would definitely be a setup worth looking at for a high boost LD... I need to find a couple of cheap engines

teknomage, You may want to reconsider a VGT turbo, as the IDI diesel is quite dirty and could seize the vanes. This was an issue encountered with the 6.0L powerstroke and it is direct injection. A ball bearing turbo would give you similar performance to the VGT, with less chance of failure. Personally I like the idea of turbocharging in series (compound), reason being it allows both turbos to operate in their efficiency range and they help to control egt, which is something that needs to be watched closely on a turbo IDI. I've got a nice air research t3 with a 2.5" V-band outlet housing, internal wastegate I'll probably use as the high pressure turbo, and size a holset from a cummins application for the low pressure turbo. Low Pressure turbo = big turbo high pressure turbo = small turbo Atmosphere > L.P compressor inlet > L.P compressor outlet > H.P. compressor inlet > H.P compressor outlet > Intercooler > Intake > Combustion chamber > Exhaust manifold > H.P Turbine/wastegate inlet > H.P. Turbine/wastegate outlet > L.P. Turbine/wastegate inlet > L.P. Turbine/wastegate outlet > Exhaust system Atmosphere I am still researching to understand the math of compounding, but if I find a suitable engine, then I will be able to experiment as well.

I really would like to get my hands on an engine. I need to blow one up! Then build a second engine. From what I have read they use a bosch VE pump, so why couldn't DI pistons be machined, fill the factory combustion chamber and machine to accept DI injectors. Drop a VE out of a cummins application into the little engine to feed everything. I've seen a 7.3 Powerstroke converted to full mechanical, so this idea shouldn't be too unrealistic. I would try to run 18.5:1 and 30 to 50 lbs of boost if I had to go to all this work... Or put a vh45 in...

Yeah I'm a member there. Some good information but not quite enough. It seems most people are too conservative to risk blowing up an engine to see what it will do!

Well I havn't been able to find a "cheap" LD in british columbia to blow up. I was thinking of doing a compound turbo setup up to about 30psi of boost. If it holds together then I have the engine I want... and if it doesn't... I might look at ways to convert it to direct injection.