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Turbo's

Postby daemon » Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:05 am

anybody here had any experience with turbos?
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Postby boxerpan » Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:32 am

I used to own a fine example of the Kawasaki variety - a superb straight line beastie.

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Postby Darth_1100S » Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:15 pm

Got one on me car :mrgreen:
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Re: Turbo's

Postby boxerpan » Tue Jul 13, 2004 4:03 pm

daemon wrote:anybody here had any experience with turbos?


Do you mean on the S ?
I've seen a couple of pics from Germany and one Mad Dutch machine but I can't remember what site they were on - that's not much help then :?

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Postby air_cooled67 » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:10 pm

I have some experiance with fitting one to a VW drag racer. Its a great feeling when it fires up first time! We used a 750cfm holley in a draw through config cos its easier to jet. Not sure if the fuel system on the S would be up to it. Possibly with an uprated regulator (maybe boost regulated for good measure) and some bigger injectors. Could be an intersting project.

Luftmeister used to do one for the K, do they do one for the R?
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Postby daemon » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:38 am

last i heard luftmeister had gone bust. . .
good news is these guys do one for most bikes.
http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/
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Postby bmwonder » Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:06 pm

A turbo? Flippin' heck. I thought that they gave up on these years ago? If you want more power why not get a zx-10 or even a Blackbird? Personally I don't think that I could handle more power than that. Having said that I did fit a supercharger to a MX-5 that I used for track days. That was a hoot! The main problem was never with the blower but either the intercooler or the fuel supply. If either didn't perform properly the engine could go tits up very quickly. Would you have to lower the compression to cope with the extra charge in the cylinders?
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Postby air_cooled67 » Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:32 pm

Rather than lower the compression you could run water injection or for strip use we run a wet N20 system to help cool things... Oh and get more power!
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Postby bmwonder » Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:52 pm

Water injection sucks for road use. It's a realy pain. You have to carry the water reservoir around with you and you have to have some kind of indication on the state of the reservoir. It's okay if you're using NOS and it runs out cause you just lose power but if your water runs out then your temps skyrocket very quickly. Techincally air to water cooling is very efficient but an air to air intercooler is so much simpler and less risky (for road use anyway). There's just something wierd about injecting water into an engine. Don't deny it work well though. :D
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