farmertom, you are the
last person on this forum qualified to talk about maturity.
I have yet to see proof he even owns a car
I have yet to see proof you are even human. For all we know you could be some chimpanzee in a zoo throwing feces at the keeper's keyboard.
To recommend a turbo simply based on engine displacement is fairly "school-age".
Thats just plain ignorant. Displacement is only one of several factors in determining the correct turbo.
If you have enough fuel that turbo should be fine.
Um, Mr. Turbomaster... What about the compressor side? Have you figured out what a "
surge line" is yet? What directly affects surge on a compressor? (Flow and pressure). What directly affects compressor airflow and pressure ratio? (Right, engine displacement! {along with RPM, number of valves, number of cylinders and volumetric efficiency})
There is no such thing as a perfect engine/turbo combination.
Thats the entire point of developing VNT/VGT turbos.
Otherwise every hotrod cummins would still be running an HX35 sized turbo.
Many do. Ever heard of a
compound turbo system? Most of them utilize the stock turbo.
Where in this thread was there a question about a turbo? Did I miss something?
See the picture attached to the first post.
The point is that an HE341Ve is far too big for an OM617 except the very top 3500-5000rpm operating range. Thats the
only range I was able to get my HE341Ve out of surge. And if he is using an HE3
51Ve, there is no chance in hell it will work, period.
The only Holset turbos that will work for the OM617 are the HX25w, HX30, HX30w, HY30w, HE221w and the new HE221we. All of them can make 25+psi and flow all the air the engine can pass through it. The HX/HY35 and HE300 series are much too large for a 3.0L engine. Below 3500rpm they operate in the surge range and at maximum engine flow they aren't even into the compressor's efficiency island.