mercmad
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Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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Ala Blood hound,you could use a cosworth F1 engine to pump gas into your engine to provide some serious horsepower...  |
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Last Edit: Mar 17, 2014 7:56:27 GMT by mercmad
Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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mikeymk
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'85 Polo Coupe S 1.6 16v
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You can put a turbo anywhere along the exhaust, there was a 205 with a turbo in place of the rear silencer.
Tubing would have to be quite small to keep lag down, though.
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You can put a turbo anywhere along the exhaust, there was a 205 with a turbo in place of the rear silencer. Tubing would have to be quite small to keep lag down, though. We know about remote turbos, but this thread is about remote supercharger powered by an auxiliary engine. |
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Mar 18, 2014 13:54:43 GMT
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possible? Yes
Would you get more power? Yes
Would the extra weight make up for the increase in power? Not likely...
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Adey
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remote superchargerAdey
@adey1984
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Mar 24, 2014 20:13:09 GMT
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Electric turbo chargers will be the future, I remember seeing a drawing for an Audi v6 diesel with an electric turbo (leaf blower lol) a while ago. A quick google finds this www.autoexpress.co.uk/audi/a6/60452/audi-a6-electric-biturboNot much info there but maybe looking into a geared electric 12v charger could net you with some results |
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Mar 25, 2014 12:34:09 GMT
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350A is a pretty hefty draw, if you assume charging voltage of 14.4 volts then that's just over 5kW. 5kW sounds like a pretty reasonable figure really, easily achievable by a small single-cylinder engine. If you did want to power your electric supercharger by an external engine, then a decent scooter engine would do the job.
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reliantreviver
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"It will be getting fixed up come summer..." (year undefined)
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Petrol engine fitted with an electric supercharger.... powered by the energy recovered from regenerative braking.
Now that's a hybrid I could learn to live with!
I recall Saab are working on some form of compressed air kinetic energy recovery system. Damn annoying as I done thunk that one up in the shower ages ago! That said, trucks have been fitted with Jake-brakes for eons!
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Current:
Reliant "750" Super Robin, Scimitar SS1s - 2 x 1300, 1 x 1600, 1 x 1800ti. 76 years off the road between them!
Also - Mitsubishi Galant Sport and Hyundai Coupe Gen3
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up to that point l was getting excited...