WWII Turbo "tech" for Drag Racers
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WWII Turbo "tech" for Drag Racers
Hi ALL Drag Racers :
You're in an airplane, being chased AND shot at by a fighter plane.
The best method to escape is to gain altitude.
Your piston engine needs more oxygen at higher altitudes.
Thus NOS or Supercharging is the best method.
A Centrifical Compressor driven by a Turbine works well, one that is NOT connected to the engine exhaust.
I have one of these items and would like to fit it to a drag racing car ?
You're in an airplane, being chased AND shot at by a fighter plane.
The best method to escape is to gain altitude.
Your piston engine needs more oxygen at higher altitudes.
Thus NOS or Supercharging is the best method.
A Centrifical Compressor driven by a Turbine works well, one that is NOT connected to the engine exhaust.
I have one of these items and would like to fit it to a drag racing car ?
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TECH Senior Member
What does it rely upon, slipstream air??
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And it IS for drag racing, so this is about all-out performance for seconds at a time.
But being on the ragged edge of death during a run, I would expect a fairly sophisticated microprocessor to be required to properly govern this machine at said ragged edge of death.
But being on the ragged edge of death during a run, I would expect a fairly sophisticated microprocessor to be required to properly govern this machine at said ragged edge of death.
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Booost control of a "self powered" compressor
SURE, I have created MY OWN Micros.
My first was to use an HC-11 AND MY OWN HREIC Chip (DIS) that allowed the Gating of Ignition Coils.
The MOST SIMPLE "chip" can operate Fuel/Oxygen MOSFETS used to control Solenoid Injectors.
Thus "boost" control is based on MAP/RPM.
My first was to use an HC-11 AND MY OWN HREIC Chip (DIS) that allowed the Gating of Ignition Coils.
The MOST SIMPLE "chip" can operate Fuel/Oxygen MOSFETS used to control Solenoid Injectors.
Thus "boost" control is based on MAP/RPM.
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Please explain "gating coils".
Pardon my ignorance.....
Pardon my ignorance.....
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That era of forced induction designs weren’t the most efficient. Most relied on dual charging with a supercharger and a turbo. Supercharger for lower altitude and immediate performance, with the turbo taking over at higher altitudes.
http://rwebs.net/avhistory/opsman/geturbo/geturbo.htm
http://rwebs.net/avhistory/opsman/geturbo/geturbo.htm
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One more option to consider, or at least do the math on... Electric supercharger. Basically take a Procharger and drive it with a large electric motor. It would of course need a large battery as well. It would probably weigh more, but maybe not a lot more, and it might be easier to maintain and tune. Might be hard to find a place for the motor though, it won't be small.
I've been playing with "personal electric vehicles" lately (skateboards, bikes, etc) so this seems like a fun intersection of two hobbies.
Assuming it takes 50hp to drive the compressor (wild guess)
50hp = 37kw
Here's motor-controller pair that might work: 45 kW Electric Propulsion System (mgm-compro.com)
Runs at 400v, so maybe go with a single strand of 95 lithium cells in series. (95 cells x 4.2 volts = 399v)
Molicel P42A cells can put out 45 amps, which at 440v would be just under 45kw limit of the motor/controller combo.
Might cost $2k or so for the battery.
Would probably run the compressor for about 4 minutes total, maybe call it twenty 10-second passes to be on the safe side.
Then there's the matter of gearing the motor to the compressor at the right ratio.
It might work.
I've been playing with "personal electric vehicles" lately (skateboards, bikes, etc) so this seems like a fun intersection of two hobbies.
Assuming it takes 50hp to drive the compressor (wild guess)
50hp = 37kw
Here's motor-controller pair that might work: 45 kW Electric Propulsion System (mgm-compro.com)
Runs at 400v, so maybe go with a single strand of 95 lithium cells in series. (95 cells x 4.2 volts = 399v)
Molicel P42A cells can put out 45 amps, which at 440v would be just under 45kw limit of the motor/controller combo.
Might cost $2k or so for the battery.
Would probably run the compressor for about 4 minutes total, maybe call it twenty 10-second passes to be on the safe side.
Then there's the matter of gearing the motor to the compressor at the right ratio.
It might work.
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