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hey yall,
can you have an engine with turbo, on gas?
and if so, does it have to be injected, or can it be via carby?
eg pressurize the intake, and run on gas?
thanks already
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Sure can...either blow thru mixer or draw thru..my prefence is draw thru..you just cant run an intercooler with drawthru.
I'm yet to see the type of LPG injection system I would really want...I've read article on vapour injection...but I want to see a
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Sure can...either blow thru mixer or draw thru..my prefence is draw thru..you just cant run an intercooler with drawthru.
Im yet to see the type of LPG injection system I would really want...Ive read article on vapour injection...but I want to see a sy
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hey thanks eh,
now cause i have no idea how these things vork,,,
can you have the same carby hat on the carby, or do ya gotta have a special adapter onto the motor?
cause i dont want a turbo, but had a silly idea to compress air, when backing off and b |
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You want to use the turbo as a compressor? Unfortually the shaft speed is very low when backing off and braking....turbos are driven off heat from expanding gases...ie when you are excellerating.
If you want to store the air you need either a big tank
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forget all of that Mr Bear....gee I'm being polite
and install a Fuelstar saves 10%-12% on fuel
Fuelstar.com.au
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forget all of that Mr Bear....gee Im being polite
and install a Fuelstar saves 10%-12% on fuel
Fuelstar.com.au
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hey eh, thats it! thats what i wated to do, like the accumulator doobie lacky, only with air?? i didnt want to use a turbo.
now Muskell,,,"mr Bear",, phew,,have i gone up in the ranks??
i will lookie at the fuelstar site,,thanks for that,
cheers all
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your starting to scare me now bcb.all this talking of hybrids,carbon fibre and hydraulic type drive systems you must have one hell of a project in mind..............
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well wblje,
all the things i am doing are already there, all i am trying to do is what should have been done already,
seems easy to me after doing the conversion, to have a compressor a small tank, and use the compressed air created from braking and bac |
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Im trying to figure out were you are going with all this stuff....
theres alot easier ways of saving fuel.
You could of put a V6 in instead of your V8...but yourve already got it.
Put it on straight gas, with a cold air intake, that will give you anoth
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I'm trying to figure out were you are going with all this stuff....
theres alot easier ways of saving fuel.
You could of put a V6 in instead of your V8...but your've already got it.
Put it on straight gas, with a cold air intake, that will give you ano
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yes muskell, u r correctomundo, bout tother ways of saving fuel,
although the fuelstar one is a bit suss? from what i read,
anyways, v6,s are not much more economical if one takes all things into account?
it is going on straight gas, will shortly learn |
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If it wasn't for the BCB's of this world...life would be boring.
Never hurts to think outside the square as it gives other people ideas.
Mr BCB could oneday be...Sir BCB???
cheers....mario
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If it wasnt for the BCBs of this world...life would be boring.
Never hurts to think outside the square as it gives other people ideas.
Mr BCB could oneday be...Sir BCB???
cheers....mario
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well thankyou mario,,,Sir Basketcasebear!!hhmmm,,has a ring to it,,
or hung drawn and qaurtered,
one of the 2.
cheers
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Bear...what about a truck air comressor with an air conditioner electric clutch on it? when brake likes come on cluch is energised and compressor starts to spin?
I dont think the overall system will work....but its a start for your idea.
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Bear...what about a truck air comressor with an air conditioner electric clutch on it? when brake likes come on cluch is energised and compressor starts to spin?
I don't think the overall system will work....but its a start for your idea.
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hey fast eh, this is what i like to see, someone else seeing things that never were!!
i will sus out a truck air compressor! see what that has to offer?
see if i can pick one up elcheapo as well, only cause i am a cheapskate though?
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OK hows this for a simpler thing.
Wire up a second alternator and small battery to your engine but have a switch on your field wire connected to your accelerator so that the second alternator is only charging therefore sucking power when you are dec |
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