Lynn,
I presume you have managed to get your tongue out of your cheek?? All the same, as usual I can see your argument, which is very sound as I wince every time I lift the turbo – heavy., However all respondents have not included my reason for a turbo besides HP. That is noise reduction. To repeat I measured my exhaust beside the fuse on my Glastar at 2800 RPM and 95 DB. It really gets “excited” at over 5000 RPM. – did not bother to measure. Nearly all turbo blokes admit that beside the turbo I will also need a muffler to really get a comfortable noise. The evidence will be when I actually get a noise out of my mods.
Second point Lynn – I bent to your experience and modified the water pipe outlet with a restriction of 11/ 16 of an inch. Just could not go with your 5/8!! Measured all the stock restrictions ( thermostat, housing, etc) and decided that you are right as usual that a full open pipe is not a copy of the factory design. Again I await the results. Day jobs keep getting in the way.
We don't need no stinking turbos.....when we can have 250HP bridge ports......