Turbo

[BeeFarmer]

I heard from a dealer that a turbo unit is coming out for the RTV can anyone confirm?

 

[FL_Cracker]

I would like to hear about that myself. I love my RTV but I think it could use more HP to climb long hills at a faster speed.

 

[bczoom]

I know of some aftermarket turbo kits for the RTV but haven't head of Kubota themselves making them. If Kubota is coming out with the turbo version, I wonder how pricing will compare (to the non-turbo) on the showroom floor.

Brian

 

[equipman]

Yes, one of our stores has developed a turbo kit that we call the "high altitude assist kit" for the RTV. We are selling the package for $1995.00 installed. No cutting or sever modifications to the vehicle.
Lewis

 

[Tact]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Yes, one of our stores has developed a turbo kit that we call the "high altitude assist kit" for the RTV. We are selling the package for $1995.00 installed. No cutting or sever modifications to the vehicle.
Lewis )</font>
Can you tell us more about this kit? What it involves and how much HP can you gain with this kit?

 

[equipman]

Tact
We used stock components on the RTV, no modification to engine or hydro. About 30% increase in power at 7000 to 10,000 ft. with no smoke from engine. No hp increase, no speed increase just performance increases at altitudes. It is a nice and clean installatiion.
Lewis

 

[FL_Cracker]

What about power gain at 2000 ft. Does it help at lower levels. How do you get more power without more HP?


How long does it take to install and can we do it ourselves without a lot of trouble?

 

[equipman]

It doesn't seem to make any big differences here at the store in Ft. Worth, but at higher elevations, it really made a big difference in the hill climbing ability of the RTV. The turbo doesn't make it run any faster, but improves the lower end power.
Lewis

 

[DelfinoTX]

Pictures please!

 

[odleefs]

Is this a turbo charger or a supercharger? As you know, superchargers tend to work better at lower RPMS, relative to turbos, and tend to be consistent thruout the rev range while turbos need to "spool up" and therefore have better high RPM power. At least this is my limited understanding of them. Photos or a diagram would be nice!

 

[RonMar]

That sounds more like "turbo normalized". IE, the higher you get from sea level, the less dense the air. Horsepower is a factor of how much air/fuel you can get into the cylinders. At elevation, you get less air in the air so you need to also reduce the ammount of fuel to get a proper combustion ratio. This all adds up to less power available at altitude. Turbo normalization makes the engine think it is at sea level when it is at 7-10K feet and crams the same ammount of air in as a sea level engine would get. It is not a 30% HP gain, it is just not a 30% horsepower loss that the non-turbo engine would experience at high altitude. It also dosn't put any appreciable additional wear/tear on the engine that a system that boosts the pressure significantly above atmospheric pressure does.

A properly setup turbo has virtually no "lag" and power is fairly linear to RPM when under load. The beauty of the turbo is that it is more dependent on load so when you are not loading the engine, the turbo is just ideling along. It is also using waste heat(exhaust) from the engine where a belt or gear driven supercharger blower has a power demand from the engine even when you are not needing the power gains that it can provide.

 

[Badgerkid]

<It doesn't seem to make any big differences here at the store in Ft. Worth, but at higher elevations, it really made a big difference in the hill climbing ability of the RTV.>

I believe this turbo is to maintain air pressure at sea level pressure. This would then not gain any hp at low elevations.
I'm interested in boosting hp at low elevations. Anyone know anything that's available?

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

yes it's called nos!!! get a bottle of that and hook it up when you feel you need a ltttle more power just open the valve.lol. oh i forgot rtv is diesel. has anyone thought of trying banks deisel productsthey might have something that might give the engine some pep.wait they do make nos kits dor deisel

http://www.usdieselparts.com/hi_perf.cfm

 

[Badgerkid]

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