Thanks John! Love it when a plan comes together!
Little bit of messing with wires, hooked up a homemade BCR, and strung together 3 speakers ( ! ). Needed to get 16 ohms, the loco-sound was only 8 (I guess the schematic is a misprint). So I had two more 4 ohm speakers in hand, just put all 3 in series. And they all fit!
I do have a new 16 ohm on order from parts express... It was 88 cents! I'll put that in as soon as it comes.
But in the meantime, I have a working PS2 turbine! Let's see how long this 5 volt board holds out...