Turbo the Ford V-10 in my motorhome ?
Any thoughts on the plumbing work to get er done and will this kill my mpg. Wife thinks I am nuts but I could pass the rice burners on the grapevine in Cali when towing my stacker.. :@
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I tend to agree with the statement above, going 1000 miles while getting better MPG, you will get there just as quickly, taking the hills at a reasonable speed, and one less fill up of the gas tank.
A tuner would make a lot more sense than a turbocharger. The V10 makes a LOT of power, and by downshifting, you get the same advantage to changing the rear axle ratio, but still get decent highway mileage when the cruise control is set to 65. At 70, you are pushing a lot more air out of the way, and mileage will drop a lot. The air pressure on the windshield increases by the square of airspeed increase, so going from 50 - 70 increases the air pressure on the windshield by about 2X.
Also horsepower takes square inches of radiator to displace all that heat. It is 8 square inches of radiator per HP. So a triple row radiator that is 24" square would be rated at 1800/8 or about 200 HP. You might have two rows, and probably a lot larger surface area than this example. Van radiators are much smaller, thus their 305 HP rating for the same V10 engine in a RV.
Running 91 octane would also really help with MPG and power. The engine management system can lean out a engine running on 91 octane without pinging. With lower octane gas, it will enrichen the fuel to prevent pinging (it has a anit-ping sensor) that kills MPG, and can change the timing to enhance HP. Changing to a turbocharger, you would need to run higher octane anyway, same with a tuner.
Good luck!
Fred.
A tuner would make a lot more sense than a turbocharger. The V10 makes a LOT of power, and by downshifting, you get the same advantage to changing the rear axle ratio, but still get decent highway mileage when the cruise control is set to 65. At 70, you are pushing a lot more air out of the way, and mileage will drop a lot. The air pressure on the windshield increases by the square of airspeed increase, so going from 50 - 70 increases the air pressure on the windshield by about 2X.
Also horsepower takes square inches of radiator to displace all that heat. It is 8 square inches of radiator per HP. So a triple row radiator that is 24" square would be rated at 1800/8 or about 200 HP. You might have two rows, and probably a lot larger surface area than this example. Van radiators are much smaller, thus their 305 HP rating for the same V10 engine in a RV.
Running 91 octane would also really help with MPG and power. The engine management system can lean out a engine running on 91 octane without pinging. With lower octane gas, it will enrichen the fuel to prevent pinging (it has a anit-ping sensor) that kills MPG, and can change the timing to enhance HP. Changing to a turbocharger, you would need to run higher octane anyway, same with a tuner.
Good luck!
Fred.
