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Unfortunately I can't help on the water temperature issue, but surely you've mated the exhaust to a turbine pump for massaging water circulation.



No, that is considerably more complex than what I have done. In my case, I am just using the standard Duratec water pump to circulate the water (which is heated by the engine) out into the hot tub.

I get the feeling that somehow incorporating a turbo's heat generation capability might be the next step in producing more heat. I will have to contact this guy called Street Flight to get more info. Does anyone have his AOL account number?

Or, I guess I could try looking on the web site Speed Demon (is that speeddemon.com?); they seem to get a lot of play around here, and are never lacking when it comes to offering up something bombastic as unsolicited advice.

The real bummer is that I don't have any turbos to spare for this project. The 351W rebuild and the Econoline done made them all used up; no extras left now. Maybe I should just get a used Vortech s/c, since they seem to have fallen out of favor for street use. I can get around the jackshaft durability problem quite easily since I can mount the compressor on the FEAD side of the engine, as the hood is not needed.

Plus, I just read on How Stuff Works that a turbocharger is really a supercharger, so by some commutative property I think that means a supercharger is also a turbocharger, which means that the advice that some gave to use a turbo can also be satisfied with a supercharger. Right?

Regardless, I really need to get after this problem. A warm tub is really no substitute for a hot tub. There's just nothing like relaxing with some seriously hot bubbles with the Tony Lama's parked up on the old Wolmanized decking . Warm water just doesn't do it.

Any other suggestions?

-Harden Thomas