Also, the newest ball bearing turbochargers take miniscule amounts of oil to keep them lubricated and cool, though I don't know if either of the Big 2 make BB cartridge turbochargers small enough to keep a 750cc engine happy.
I know I could quite easily turbocharge a 'wing, if any of you guys are interested... ;) Their engines are big enough to be more into the range of turbos that are more readily available. -Kurt On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: > If you make your pipes right, the charge pipes themselves would supply some > intercooling. > > My plan would include a conversion to EFI, which would make the balancing > act easier. Put the turbo (some of these things are seriously tiny) up front > with a little shield plate to protect it from random debris, a small plenum > that all the throttle bodies/carbs press into for air distribution, and bam, > off you go. > > I should take a picture of my K03 turbo next to the bike engine. The K03 > came on 1.9L engines (diesels, no less) so it has plenty of flow... and it > should give you guys a good idea of how tiny a turbo fitted to a sub 1L > displacement engine would be. You'd want your turbos to be pretty small, so > that you build power smoothly rather than having a huge lag and then "OMG > Acceleration dear god hold on aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH > I'm hanging off the bars ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" > > :p > > -Kurt > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:08 PM, MrViggy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't forget room for an intercooler! :) >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The other question would be placement. Where would you put the turbo? >>> Obvious point would be where the 4 exhaust points come together, but that's >>> underneath the bike, not the best place for a turbo. You could build a >>> custom header and hang it off of the front of the engine, right underneath >>> the oil cooler so you could pipe that into it to try and keep the bearings >>> cool. A small intercooler up there would be nice too, but things might start >>> to get crowded, then run the intake pipe up and over or around the side. Now >>> the trick is setting the carbs up right (or converting over to computer >>> controlled). Or, mebbe 4 tiny turbos, one for each carb? I'm afraid I'd end >>> up with a project I'd never get to ride :( >>> >>> -Kyle >>> >> >> -- >> 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.
