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On 19th of Jul, 2007 at 04:52pm matty said:
Just a quick novice question..What kind of accuracy do you get with these formulaes + or - how many BHP?


The two pdf files attached above are based on known, believable dyno results and are within about 5%.

It is all based on the science posted on the Garrett web site, so should be good.

It's all based on R and Gamma. I can explain futher if you are interested!

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On 19th of Jul, 2007 at 04:44pm Axel said:

On 19th of Jul, 2007 at 04:30pm robert said:



On 19th of Jul, 2007 at 02:51pm Axel said:

On 19th of Jul, 2007 at 02:24pm robert said:


running 9.5 psi and 150 bhp squirrel software,stepping up ve till i get to my bhp/psi level. crude software ,but interesting
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Engine RPM: 1000 1500 2250 3000 4800 6600 6750 6900
Vol Efficency: 88 89 89 89 93 96 92 87
Intake Temp: 64 65 73 80 92 104 104 104
Expected Boost (psi): 0 1 5.4 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8
Pressure Ratio: 1 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
Airflow (lb/min): 1.5 2.5 4.7 7.5 12.2 16.5 16.5 16.1
Airflow (cfm): 22 36 68 108 176 239 240 233
Airflow (m^3/min): 0.63 1.01 1.91 3.07 4.99 6.77 6.79 6.6
Airflow (m^3/sec): 0.01 0.017 0.032 0.051 0.083 0.113 0.113 0.11
Airflow (kg/sec): 0.012 0.019 0.035 0.056 0.092 0.125 0.125


You are using a high VE to compensate for the high inlet temp. Allowing for an intercooler and bringing the VE down will give you the same answers.

thats degrees f axel


Makes even less sense then. Inlet air at 40 deg C and a 1.7:1 PR and 96% VE should give far more than 150hp!

EDIT: calculated 188hp at those figures.


Are you still putting in 15psi Axel? robert is only running 9.5.

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Nope, I've used 650 Kpag, about 9.5 psi.

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a pince of pepper on that :
at 0.55 bsfc my calcs agree with Robert , found 95% VE.....for 150 bhp 9.5 psi 6600 rpm 0.55 bsfc 12/1 afr, impressive
what about your cam/ head Robert


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Well, one thing is clear - we don't agree *happy*

So what's new?

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nothing new, just that an aserie haven't a bsfc at 0.41, the 0.55 is a little high but conservative for a turboed pushrod engine at max power,but this a give a safe side on maps, the truth certainly between these, about 90 ve and 0.51 bsfc


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This issue still needs to be resolved.

Dave and I advocate using a VE of 82%.

Robert and Fab are using 95% ish.

We are all agreeing on the final output figures, but using different BSFC.

Ok, you might think, no problem. But my air flow figures are far lower than Robert/Fabs, which when it comes to sizing the turbo, one of us is miles out.

I agree that my BSFC may be a bit low and I'm struggling to find where I got the figures from, but I think 0.55 is high.

Any thoughts?

EDIT: I've worked out how I got the airflow vs Hp relationship. Ray Hall uses a constant of 10.86 hp per lb/min of air flow. this works back to a BSFC of 0.44 at 12.5:1 AFR.

Edited by Paul S on 20th Aug, 2007.

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Does that answer the question?

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On 20th of Aug, 2007 at 04:07pm AlexF2003 said:
Does that answer the question?

Alex


No.

Best estimate of VE is somewhere between 82% and 95% !
BSFC is somewhere between 0.41 and 0.55 lb/hp/hr.

We need to do better.

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How?

There must be a way this can be calculated or measured.....

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On 20th of Aug, 2007 at 04:28pm AlexF2003 said:
How?

There must be a way this can be calculated or measured.....

Alex


You need some sophisticated kit to measure the variables to calculate it, otherwise it is a guess.

Engine dyno with fuel and air flow metering would do it.

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On 20th of Aug, 2007 at 03:19pm Axel said:
This issue still needs to be resolved.

Dave and I advocate using a VE of 82%.

Robert and Fab are using 95% ish.

We are all agreeing on the final output figures, but using different BSFC.




This is easy to conclude.

1) Axel and me are right

2) Rob and Fab are wrong


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TBH guys - I'm a little lost much over how we can confirm this. None of us has access to any of this stuff needed. I guess if we carry on doing what we feel is right, then that is all we can do - unless of course, someone HAS a dyno (I've better things to invest money into sadly - like a mortgage)!!!

The engines I've provided input into compressors for have come out pretty much as i predicted however.
I am interested in how we can say a REAL factual figure however, as the camshaft is the key element (surely) that will ultimately dictate engine VE especially as baseline boost increases...

I guess dyno's and simply trying different compressors (ouch $$$) and cam timings (ouch$$$ and ouch hrs) will reveal what the engine needs to make the beans?

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I think the the VE in the low eighties is about right.

I've googled a bit this afternoon and found most people talk around the 80 - 90% mark.

You can get high VEs on a highly tuned NA engine with long inlets and tuned exhausts, over 100% is posssible over a short rev band with a properly tuned length exhaust.

However, with the backpressure due to the turbo to overcome, you're back to production level figures. Garret quote 85% for a pushrod V8 in one of their examples.

I think the siamesed ports are the limiting factor, rather than the cam. The cam will set where you get maximum torque at the high VE point in the rev range, but the siamesed ports will limit flow at high revs, which is where we tend to calc the maximum air flow for the turbo.

So I think 82% VE is about right.

So BSFC must be good to compensate for the poor VE.

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ah - I'd not even thought about the inlets; I was just thinking generically about engines and how we could work this out with what we have available.

All the past references I've seen relate to 85% as a nominal figure for a 8-port motor, and I know the (or those i know of) Vtec guys use 89-91% generally when doing calcs...

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