Now try to stop the pinwheel, even if you stick it in front of a fan, it will stop very easily. It does not have to capability to produce work. It may spin fast, but it has no potential to create a significant amount of torque at that speed. If you look at what happens at the inlet and outlet of a turbocharger. The exhaust outlet temp is significantly less than the inlet temp. If is not the blowing action of air by itself that makes the turbine spin, it is the total loss of internal energy that the exhaust gas undergoes. Internal energy for a simple gas like air is mostly a function of it's temperature.

In order for a turbocharger to make 8 psi of boost at say 500 cfm, it needs A LOT of power, think of how much power a decently sized air compressor takes. Those rediculous electric superchargers are total BS just for that reason. You would need a HUGE electric motor to maintain a possitive pressure difference(boost) at the airflow rate an engine uses.

Randy

 

damn, gotta clean that air filter a lot. Especially when it rains, lol

 

That looks like a first class "Red Green" job there. No duct tape though?

WOT

 

Lag would be huge. I am learning turbos now with my new toy. Each inch of tubing makes a difference. I can't imagine adding several feet. Front wount twin turbo would be the way to go for an L. Maybe High-Risk will come out of hiding and let us know how his twin turbo setup is going.

 

i still think a twin turbo setup added to our existing superchargers would be neat...have the blower drive clutch off when the rpms hit a certain point so that the turbos can take over...the blower and the turbos all meet at the same point to enter the engine...

 

i saw a vid with lt1 rear mounted turbo racing around in a parking lot...it wasnt that impressive.the turbo was a tad louder because of an open waste gate. my friend says that the extra piping makes for more lag. also stated was oiling was problem

 

What about the fact that it hangs down below the axle. Being a turbo guy this really scares the crap out of me. That is some pi$$ a$$ horrible engineering. it honestly looks like some guy bought a cheap turbo and instead of installing it properly he took the crap way out and welded it to his exhaust. What do you expect from an F-Body guy though. No, I am not saying it won't make boost, but in order to spin the turbo up at a low enough RPM it will have an incredibly small exhaust housing only causing it to choke off in the higher RPM range. Good for low range torque, but it can literally keep you from reaching the redline of your motor that you had before you installed it (I speak from experiance). It honestly would have been much better had he built a new y pipe to come off of the factory manifolds and had it somewhere else, like where the battery was mounted, however that would require moving the battery. Also, the extreme heat created by the exhaust side of these turbos (what makes the power) would eventually heat the pipe to a large degree causing it to melt and bend, that's why many turbo headers for cars are almost 1/4" thick. That setup is beging for boost and exhaust leaks to happen.