Oh, I've been looking into it. Hard part would be finding a small enough turbo...
-Kurt On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > Could imagine the complicated nightmare it would be to turbocharge one of > our bikes? Man that'd be sweet tho. I miss the whistle of a blowoff valve. > > -Kyle > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Make as much of a mess as a turbo leaking oil on a forced induction car... >> the oil can cake onto the inside of the intake runners, and then it just >> /bakes/. Aircooled would probably make that situation much worse, you end up >> getting a growing restriction as more and more oil cooks to carbon buildup. >> >> We don't have EGR, at least; that makes it a simply intolerable situation, >> putting exhaust carbon and heat back into the oil-wet manifolds. >> >> -Kurt >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:47 AM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Not to mention that a lighter weight oil, as it blows thru the filter >>> medium, could coat the inside of the airbox and intake manifolds over >>> time and make a real mess in there, and maybe introduce oil into the >>> carbs. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
