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Old 09-06-2005, 09:44 AM   #25
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Re: leaf blower=hp... shocking...

wow, alot of great ideas going on, but youll find when you actually try turning those ideas into reality, that the real world is a bit tougher. lets run down the list shall we....

mounting a second engine in the car to drive a turbo or supercharger is excessivly complex, leads to parts failure, higher maintanence and decreases fuel economy two fold. first there is fuel to run the second engine, and second the boost on the main engine requires more fuel to keep from leaning out, not exactly smart with todays gas prices. superchargers do sap power, but turbos increase on exhaust backpressure is negligable. so if you really wanna try that idea, feel free.

as to the concept of an engine supercharging itself, how do you think a supercharger works????? and supercharging a supercharger, um..... ok, you certainly wouldnt be the first, although most people combine superchargers and turbos, but really its only good for the uniquenss value, for raw performance youd be better off with a single turbo or supercharger.

as far as driving all the power accessories off a second engine, its a somewhat valid idea, however youd find that youd wind up again spending far more in gas than would make the minor increase in power worth the trouble.

the turbo deisle is about the best idea i saw there, having again already been done (whoda guessed)

you cant supercharge a hydrogen fuel cell car, do some research....

as far as turbocharging a hybrid/electric, you could probly do it, but it would depend on the mounting location, electric motors tend to dislike lots of heat which happens to be a by product of turbos, a supercharger would work, but again both of these add air, which requires more fuel, which leads to worse gas mileage, not to mention the added power would really only apply to off the line where the electric motor kicks in which might lead to complications. of that im not entirely sure.

also, nowadays GM has displacement on demand for many of its vehicles, including caddy, chevy, GMC, and others, lots of big SUV,s and trucks will be getting it too if they dont already have it.

you have to understand, that when it comes to making cars, there are real world requirements, you have to create a practical application of known technology within given constraints of cost, materials, and safty. If the major companys have not done something, there is usually a reason for it.

gas turbines are great, but only at a constant speed, they react very poorly to changes in speed and are very gas thirsty.

as for the development of the engine, the past 15 years have been awesome. the small block survived relitivly unchanged from 1955 to 1985, thats 30 years, then we got TPI on a small block, then from 1993 to 2005 we got the LT1, LT4, LT5, the LS1, and the LS2 leading up to the LS7. and thats only the small block baised V8's of 350cid. lets not get started on the four and six and five cylender engines.

Im sorry i dont mean to come down on you really hard, but when you start shooting off about things and saying im gonna patent this and patent that, when you really dont seem to have a clue what you are talking about, i feel the need to say something.

as to the blower, id like to point out that the cars tested still had the factory intake ducting, and the power improovments were pretty much on par with what a cold air induction kit would give you. they didnt boost the engine at all, they just gave it a steady stream of cold air.
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