I would like to start a topic on boost. F3 procharger or twin turbos. I know turbo lag is a big issue and even the procharger does not have the instant boost like a roots. With a 600 inch twin turbo will the initial torque make up for turbo lag? Burn the prop then load and start building boost? Or does it try to manhandle the boat to the point of being unstable when power starts coming on. Don't see turbos on many v drives, just bored and thinking.
Can a twin turbo engine work in a v drive?
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Devilman
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There is a fellow named Mark (don't recall his last name), he goes by Unchained on the boat boards. He has a twin turboed v-drive Eliminator that is a beast from everything I have ever seen about it. He is a member here although not many posts. Most of his posts & info that I've seen are on PerformanceBoats.com.
Not much info, but if you are bored it will give ya some reading/research in the meantime.
*His handle here is mark55, pic of his boat from his sig line.
Turbocharged 1800 hp Vdrive lake boat
Also just recalled, JJ has or had a turboed Barron Sprint I believe it was? He was running it around one year at Plowmans, when they held it down at Steele Creek.
*Found a pic, it was a Barron Sprint.
Not much info, but if you are bored it will give ya some reading/research in the meantime.
*His handle here is mark55, pic of his boat from his sig line.
Turbocharged 1800 hp Vdrive lake boat
Also just recalled, JJ has or had a turboed Barron Sprint I believe it was? He was running it around one year at Plowmans, when they held it down at Steele Creek.
*Found a pic, it was a Barron Sprint.
Knotty Girl
New member
According to JJ, No! May need to get with him but I remember him telling me it does not work. If JJ says it I would take it to the bank.
ChryslerJet
New member
We could try it on the Carlson with the stock truck 440 (8:1 if we are lucky) I have ready to go before I bore it out and put in the 10.5 to 1 Keith Blacks.
galen said:
Actually, breaking the prop loose is what you need for it to do.
It's difficult to make too much power. If it does, change the set-up with gears and props.
I doubt that a turbo or procharger either one will ever bring on the power any quicker than a roots blower or nitrous.
It's all in the set-up and boat combination.
Driver experience helps.
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Jim is it just the lag time on building boost and lack of instant power the reason you don't see turbos on any drag type v-drives. Procharger would still have some lag compared to a roots blower but not near the lag of turbos. If you were to prop and gear to use the potential power of a turbo engine would it just be a slug out of the hole while it struggles to build boost? I can see where a jet would help load it initially for turbos build boost faster. With electronic fuel injection and timing controls you can now go from a pump gas to race gas tune with the flip of a switch. My engine is staying as is but with so many options out there thought it might be fun to talk about.jimsplace said:
73 Sanger Flat
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What I have been told is that the Turbos keep building power and in a Runner Bottom / Flat Bottom style of boat .The boat will not take the needed "SET" to run stable .. It will always want to climb out of the water and you will have to keep more down pedal in it .. This is coming form the Expert "JJ" and a few more experienced V-Drive people . I do not think the small amount of Turbo lag nowadays would effect the ability to burn the prop .. Like in my boat , as soon as I hit the pedal , all the power is in and then it pull back to a certain RPM loss and then it start climbing back . But all the power is already been made .. Turbo keep building power is what I have been told and the boat will not handle correctly . This is in a True Flat or Runner Bottom ..
In a V-Drive Tunnel Hull .. Hell yes they would work and be fun ..
In a V-Drive Tunnel Hull .. Hell yes they would work and be fun ..
73 Sanger Flat
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Yes it will --Stacey had a turbo engine in your boat at one time .. He also had a nitrous system in it to help get past the turbo lag . He would hit it for about 2 seconds and then the turbos would be in .. I think it would work even with out the nitrous now with the amount of HP and Torque these engines are making now ..
Here are two pictures with your boat with the twin Turbo set up .. I wanted this boat so bad that weekend , he had it for sale at Plowman
Here are two pictures with your boat with the twin Turbo set up .. I wanted this boat so bad that weekend , he had it for sale at Plowman
Well I read somewhere that Ford was doing that concept on the new Cobra Jet project. They use some new titanium aluminide wheels in their turbos, that cuts the rotational inertia in half. So they say they can go from 0 - 150,000 almost instantly. Small turbos with big boost capability! :smile30: