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Old 06-12-2011, 04:32 AM   #2
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RE: 3208T on 44 ft Gulfstar

While it will slowly be killing the engine , and not at all fuel efficient , most folks dont care.

The 3208T will frequently run 5000+ hours of normal (half throttle) use.

The usual minor hours of a trawler 300? a year will take a decade to get to 3000hours .

A 20 min shot of heavy throttle every 10 hours will help.AS operating at at least 1 lb boost would also help.

Many old engines simply had the turbo added , not a special turbo build with lower compression ratio pistons etc.

Perhaps a conversion to an NA is possible with simply tossing the turbo?

"would be a realistic fuel burn rate at the slower speeds?"

This will be up to you to figure , and will be interesting as a higher speed 7K or 8K might not cost any more than 5K due to engine efficiency.

A Flow Scan will answer the question easily, for a price.
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