Re: turbos

[Howard R Pletcher <n9ads@xxxxxxxx>]

In one sense, there is a switch for your turbo--that pedal on the right
side on the floor.

I think Crismon and IH were referring to the fact that a turbo
essentially does little until it reaches enough RPM where it will begin
producing positive pressure in the manifold. 

There never was a turbo version of the 196 produced by IH.  The 152T was
a stopgap measure to have more horsepower until they could get the 196
into production.

Howard

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:31:18 -0700 "Mac @ TRIAD" <mac@domain.elided>
writes:
>
> on this same subject, the Crismon book quotes IH literature referring
to the
> 4-152T as "with 115 horsepower on demand" (Crismon, P. 357, bottom
left,
> Champagne Scout caption), and "turbocharger which kicked in and then
> produced exra horsepower when required, with a noticeable drop in fuel
> mileage" (Crismon, page 379, 4th paragraph).  what exactly does that
mean?
> i thought turbochargers were fulltime, not "on demand".  what gives? is
> this a misprint or was the turbo on the 4-152T a part-time 
> operation?  can someone explain this to me, please?