I loved the turbo lag, that moment of anticipation where nothing happens and then the Hand Of God presses you back into your seat. My '91 Talon TSi AWD had personalized plates that read 'LAGG' ;)
-Kyle On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:23 AM, 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. > -- 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.
