drunkenfool
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Clever chaps 
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Colin
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Does it aid the indicators in a typical BMW at all though 
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John_C
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Rob H
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Not a bad idea tbh.
I've seen schematics of an "exhaust supercharger" that looked like a good idea for economy. Rather than have the engine turn the compressor though, the exhust gasses turned a turbine that drove the engine.
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SportBoy
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do you need to tow a trailer full of water and fill up at every train station?
wonder if you get a whistle too! 
[Edited on 05-01-2007 by SportyBoy]
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drunkenfool
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Im guessing it condenses and uses the same water, but a whiste would be wicked, proper steam train styleeeee
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neil h
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yea, have a train whistle working in a similar way to a dump valve lol
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Rhino
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob H
Not a bad idea tbh.
I've seen schematics of an "exhaust supercharger" that looked like a good idea for economy. Rather than have the engine turn the compressor though, the exhust gasses turned a turbine that drove the engine.
So a turbo then Rob? 
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whitter45
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no svm as he states it turn the crank shaft
A turbo is just forced induction
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob H
the exhust gasses turned a turbine that drove the engine.
Nothing about the crank there.
Good description of a turbo though.
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SVM 286
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Well, quite a reasonable description I thought 
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Rob H
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
Well, quite a reasonable description I thought
A turbo uses a turbine to drive a compressor, not to drive the engine
They don't have to be connected directly to the crank, but admittedly it would turn that along with the rest of the engine.
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SVM 286
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Chaps, I think you took my first comment a little too literally.
The denoted joviality.
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Rob H
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
Chaps, I think you took my first comment a little too literally.
The denoted joviality.
I think your trying to use the shovel to get out the hole you dug 
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SVM 286
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Okay Rob.
I WAS trying to be patient and nice, and I still don't wish to resort to sarcasm or jibes, so I will attempt to clarify.
I own a car with a turbo.
I have removed/dismantled/replaced/fitted countless turbos over the years.
I am au fait with forced induction technology, so do not require any kind of lecture on any of the fundamentals of turbo or supercharging, or of any other area of motor vehicle technology for that matter.
I have worked as a vehicle tech for nearly 17 years and have a perfectly acceptable grasp of terminology and technical descriptions.
I was merely attempting to point out in a jovial fashion that your original description of the device was closer to that of a laymans terms explanation of how a turbocharger operates than anything else.
It would in fact have been quite a reasonable analogy of the device described.
I apologise unreservedly for not being detailed or succinct enough in my original comment.
I now know to be more concise in future, and am sorry for any confusion or offence I may have caused you and any other users.
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Jambo
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i love you jim
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SVM 286
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I love you too Jam.
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Rob H
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
Okay Rob.
I WAS trying to be patient and nice, and I still don't wish to resort to sarcasm or jibes, so I will attempt to clarify.
I own a car with a turbo.
I have removed/dismantled/replaced/fitted countless turbos over the years.
I am au fait with forced induction technology, so do not require any kind of lecture on any of the fundamentals of turbo or supercharging, or of any other area of motor vehicle technology for that matter.
I have worked as a vehicle tech for nearly 17 years and have a perfectly acceptable grasp of terminology and technical descriptions.
I was merely attempting to point out in a jovial fashion that your original description of the device was closer to that of a laymans terms explanation of how a turbocharger operates than anything else.
It would in fact have been quite a reasonable analogy of the device described.
I apologise unreservedly for not being detailed or succinct enough in my original comment.
I now know to be more concise in future, and am sorry for any confusion or offence I may have caused you and any other users.
The holes getting deeper 
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davcohen
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btw i read an article an auto express about 6 years ago that saab was going to do this, i would have thought by now someone would have put it into production
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