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3594 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
21st May, 2007 at 08:16:53pm
On 21st of May, 2007 at 08:15am ppj_racing said:
On 21st of May, 2007 at 12:36am stevieturbo said:
I run more power than that, in my ROAD car, on SUL fuel.... go figure...and to make matters worse, I use a feeble supercharger too !!! . OK .. so let's have the details .... capacity? Boost? etc Its just an old Ford Granada....the rest....well, maybe I'll tell you someday...its of little importance though. But for a little assistance, I'll give my Mini turbo spec, from 1994 ( although did do a head/cam swap around 97 ) fancy 4 star fuel std pistons with 6mm removed from top :) approx 7.5:1 std rods std crank std block bored +0.020" Modified head uprated, but very mild cam 1.5 RR rockers. Modified 1 3/4" turbo carb R5T IC T3 turbo, 0.36ex with 4x4 Cossie compressor, running 1.5 bar. Welded dizzy, around 28deg all the time I think. Obviously I wouldnt reccomend anyone to do pretty much any of the above today....as it would probably be considered silly. But it worked ok at the time, and was actually very reliable. Turbo technology has moved on leaps and bounds though, and this is a key area that should be exploited with any build. I wouldnt even consider using a regular T3 these days. On 21st of May, 2007 at 11:25am ppj_racing said:
And what is it when, boost increases & the gauge needle sits on 0 ? You are measuring boost at a strange point within the system...or you have a faulty guage 
Edited by stevieturbo on 21st May, 2007. 9.85 @ 145mph
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5795 Posts Member #: 80 AFRacing LTD Newbury, Berks |
21st May, 2007 at 10:03:13pm
On 18th of May, 2007 at 09:09am Vegard said:
On 16th of May, 2007 at 06:14pm stevieturbo said:
Im surprised nobody has considered using a centrifugal supercharger on a Mini yet.... A small Rotrex unit would probably work extremely well. What about the Shorrock? Came in 1965? Unless we are talking about different 'chargers the Shorrock is a vane type compressor not centrifugal at all. Alex AlexF |
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3594 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
22nd May, 2007 at 01:09:20am
I also think in terms of drive losses...the Rotrex are pretty good ??
9.85 @ 145mph
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 7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
22nd May, 2007 at 07:44:58am
On 21st of May, 2007 at 10:03pm AlexF2003 said:
On 18th of May, 2007 at 09:09am Vegard said:
On 16th of May, 2007 at 06:14pm stevieturbo said:
Im surprised nobody has considered using a centrifugal supercharger on a Mini yet.... A small Rotrex unit would probably work extremely well. What about the Shorrock? Came in 1965? Unless we are talking about different 'chargers the Shorrock is a vane type compressor not centrifugal at all. Alex You're absolutely right. It's a vane compressor :) On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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Site Admin  6293 Posts Member #: 1 The boring bloke who runs this place. Berkshire |
22nd May, 2007 at 08:46:19am
I had a rotrex on my golf. They make so much boost!
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715 Posts Member #: 1381 Post Whore Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
22nd May, 2007 at 12:34:39pm
. Edited by danboy on 22nd May, 2007. |
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7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
22nd May, 2007 at 12:38:01pm
On 22nd of May, 2007 at 08:46am AlexB said:
I had a rotrex on my golf. They make so much boost! Tiny, too And they are always shagged on the G60s :) On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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 8215 Posts Member #: 90 Post Whore Somewhere around Swindon |
22nd May, 2007 at 12:48:03pm
On 21st of May, 2007 at 05:22pm ppj_racing said:
Not very friendly or helpful then 
It's hardly that we're in competition with any of them Outa here fer good .... you can fuck right off then with that shitty cocky attitude i dont have the most powerful engine around but ive put my time and hard earned cash into it, why should i share with people who i dont know talking of people i dont know, you seem to know everything or have the answers to everything, if its that easy then it should not take to much of your time to work out whats needed to build your magical 200bhp engine, again as you seem to know everything then why bother with this forum Crystal Sound Audio said:
Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead ! "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."-Douglas Adams |
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 552 Posts Member #: 300 Post Whore Cumbria |
22nd May, 2007 at 02:41:15pm
Well that was an interesting read!!
Here for the craic..
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5795 Posts Member #: 80 AFRacing LTD Newbury, Berks |
22nd May, 2007 at 04:39:51pm
On 22nd of May, 2007 at 12:38pm Vegard said:
On 22nd of May, 2007 at 08:46am AlexB said:
I had a rotrex on my golf. They make so much boost! Tiny, too And they are always shagged on the G60s :) Don't feel I am picking holes but Alex's car wasnt on a std supercharger - it had a rotex in place of the std G-lader. lol Alex AlexF |
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 1497 Posts Member #: 100 Parisien Turbo Expert Paris\' suburb |
22nd May, 2007 at 10:19:17pm
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1497 Posts Member #: 100 Parisien Turbo Expert Paris\' suburb |
22nd May, 2007 at 10:24:03pm
compltely agree with you ppj
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 39 Posts Member #: 2239 Member pontefract |
5th Feb, 2008 at 07:25:40pm
On 21st May, 2007 Paul S said:
On 21st of May, 2007 at 05:22pm ppj_racing said:
Outa here fer good .... Just as I thought he was getting a bit more civilised! Was it something I said 
The maths soon sorts the Engineers from the mechanics. cracking thread
Edited by IN RAINBOWS on 5th Feb, 2008. |
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591 Posts Member #: 360 Stu from Corwall aka Mr Jazz Piano, Love_Machine, kneegrow |
7th Feb, 2008 at 09:35:26pm
Interesting point.
Bugger off, I'm getting there. |
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