NoDak
Next project - fuel mizer Suburban
Wow. I guess I got here by accident. I was looking for a fuel economy parts, mostly of the bolt on kind. When my project (6.5L Suburban fuel economy experiment) got to the turbo and the desire to omit the vac pump and all that jazz, I asked Kennedy what options were out there. He hooked me up with turbine doc and slim shady just before the ATT was being offered via walkingJ. I guess this internet stuff is like dating, timing is everything.
On topic... Since in vehicles, the launch is such a small window of time, it seems a waste to give up either power or fuel economy on the whole, to maximize the hole (shot) in a compromise. What if one used a blower in parallel with a turbo. I believe I read some time ago that VW was going to do this (perhaps in an engineering magazine or diesel progress?). If you could uncouple the blower as rpm increased, you could gear it tall enough to be effective at the low rpm launch, then get it out of the way once the turbo was up to speed. I'm not sure how you could manage the blower to assist a high speed, low power launch? Example might be coasting down hill at 60 mph as you approach a 2-lane passing opportunity, then stomp on the pedal? Would the turbo do it, or would you need some blower assist? Could this be done, or more accurately, could this be done in a simple manner and not cost a fortune?
On topic... Since in vehicles, the launch is such a small window of time, it seems a waste to give up either power or fuel economy on the whole, to maximize the hole (shot) in a compromise. What if one used a blower in parallel with a turbo. I believe I read some time ago that VW was going to do this (perhaps in an engineering magazine or diesel progress?). If you could uncouple the blower as rpm increased, you could gear it tall enough to be effective at the low rpm launch, then get it out of the way once the turbo was up to speed. I'm not sure how you could manage the blower to assist a high speed, low power launch? Example might be coasting down hill at 60 mph as you approach a 2-lane passing opportunity, then stomp on the pedal? Would the turbo do it, or would you need some blower assist? Could this be done, or more accurately, could this be done in a simple manner and not cost a fortune?
