Searching for copy of Turbomania

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 · 18 Feb 2010, 8:35 pm

#763242

Howdy All,

Having come to the conclusion that supercharging will take too much money and experimentation plus knowledge I don't have, I'm thinking of one day going down the trubo route. Before I do that, I want to understand it all much better.

In a recent UltraVW they recommended the book 'Turbomania' by Bob Tomlinson. I'm interested in peoples opinions of this book and also, if anyone knows where I can buy it either over the net, or any of the VW shops in Sydney (and no I haven't called Vintage yet).

Thanks for your help 🙂
Craig

1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 18 Feb 2010, 10:09 pm

#763255

yes full of good info on loads more than just turbo charging.

i think i saw another thread in the last couple of weeks also chasing a copy.......

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=81913&page=1#pid762073

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1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 · 19 Feb 2010, 7:29 am

#763278

I think I have seen one at Classic Vee Dub, 9638 4200.

Kev

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 19 Feb 2010, 9:10 pm

#763395

i'd say there on a par both cost wise and work involved but that depends on your setup

i think i actually got out of my blower setup cheaper than my turbo
my turbo was free but i did get the blower pretty cheap too though

the area turbos getting exy is if you go draw through you need to get the turbo carbon sealed, which isnt a cheap practise but if you go blow through it gets complicated cos u need higher volume fuel pump, boost sens press reg, tank return line, sealed up carb, BOV etc

so yeah bobs book is a good start

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 · 19 Feb 2010, 10:23 pm

#763407

Thanks guys, I think I've tracked down a copy. Hopefully I'll learn a lot more. I guess the reason I'm thinking turbo is that it seems a lot more common, and therefore the knowledge base should be better, whereas it seems to me that if you supercharge you are still being a trailblazer, which can be a very expensive pursuit, unless you can do it all yourself.

Cheers
Craig

1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita