[Rhodes22-list] Short Haul tow vehicle

[brad haslett]

Rummy,

If I'm not mistaken all the Volvo turbo's are
inter-cooled.  I flew with a guy once who had just
bought a new one and was following his wife around
town to see if she was allowing for the proper turbo
cool down time (don't know if they're still married). 
Jet engines and turbos are simular in that they need a
couple of minutes of cooling time after hard use
(i.e., reverse thrust or highway driving for a Volvo)
to keep from depositing carbon on the turbine blades,
"coking".  Usually, the trip off the interstate exit
ramp to the nearest gas pump is sufficient.  I would
think that pulling a boat up a ramp in the lowest gear
at low speed would barely spool the turbo up.  On my
Mercedes diesel the turbo didn't kick in till about 5
seconds after you floored it and you didn't really
feel it till much later, much like what Bill
described.  But then again, it didn't do much of
anything except make smoke and noise until about 90mph
and then it could keep up with anything short of an
Indy car.

Brad
--- John Tonjes <johntonjes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Whoa, a turbo....that's different. I don't recall
> anything in the original
> post about a turbo.  You will have to be very
> careful with a turbo charged
> engine. You can easily overheat the turbocharger
> unless it is an inter
> cooled model, meaning it is cooled by the liquid
> cooling system, same as
> the engine. 
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <bberner at optonline.net>
> > To: Rhodes list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Date: 4/24/2003 9:58:59 AM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Short Haul tow vehicle
> >
> >
> >    Thanks guys.
> >
> >
> >    Just for the record, my vote was for the
> Outback 6 cylinder, just a
> >    little less "hey look at me", but I was over
> ruled on grounds of seat
> >    comfort level.
> >
> >
> >    Actually the low pressure turbo on the Volvo
> makes it really sluggish
> >    getting off the line.  Once moving though it
> pretty impressive.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    BB
> >    Bill Berner
> >    v: 914.478.2896
> >    f: 914.478.3856
> >    e: BBerner at optonline.net
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