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Tue Dec 24, 2002 12:44 am

I want to upgrade the stock intake on my 74 bus, but I was wondering which would increase the power more: a turbo(or twin turbo) or dual carbs. I hear good things about them both, but I was wondering what people around here thought.

Chase

Tue Dec 24, 2002 5:58 am

Carbs to start with, and get all those thoughts about turbocharging out of your head. unless you want to get into thousands of dollars in fabricating a system that will fit your engine bay, turbocharging a bus is impractical to the point of impossible. Seriously, you want to do the job right? new carbs, rework the heads, change the rocker ratios, and install a better breathing exhaust, and you will be dollars ahead, with no turbo lag.

Tue Dec 24, 2002 9:53 am

I agree with Bljones, unless you have a ton of money, go with carbs. If you really have as bunch of $$ burning a hole in your pocket, you could look into going with CB performance electronic fuel injection. They have one that would fit your 74. I have heard good things about them, and have seen many sandrails in action running them, very nice! I want to put it on one of my buses one day.

Tue Dec 24, 2002 2:25 pm

Although carbs or a turbo would increase performance, they reach that goal using different methods. A turbo would be way expensive and your engine would have to be ready for something like that. Dual carbs might be better.