The Official WTF-Car of the Day Thread
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#9938
And then there's the cooling affect of all of that piping hanging out in the wind; odds are pretty good a HUGE portion of the exhaust heat/pressure has been lost by the time it makes it's way to the turbocharger.
#9939
True, but the volumetric flow rate shouldn't change much- the engine is still pushing out the same amount of exhaust gas. If anything, it would be slightly denser exhaust gases, due to the decrease in temperatures. I'm actually curious to know what kind of effect that would have on a turbo system... gonna see if I can find any articles!
Either way, the extreme length of piping before the turbo and after the intercooler would kill the functionality of that setup... as cool as it looks Though then again, I wonder what engine is in that thing... I mean, it looks like a rather ratty van, but, I have a hard time believing a stock 70s naturally aspirated GM engine could handle any boost, whatsoever... and what about engine management? Granted, that thing was likely all carburetors and that's it. Is it possible to run boost safely on a carburetor engine even? I know little about them... before my time
To be honest, I'm thinking that is just for show, and likely not even connected to the engine. Piping probably goes under the fenders and terminates right there.
Either way, the extreme length of piping before the turbo and after the intercooler would kill the functionality of that setup... as cool as it looks Though then again, I wonder what engine is in that thing... I mean, it looks like a rather ratty van, but, I have a hard time believing a stock 70s naturally aspirated GM engine could handle any boost, whatsoever... and what about engine management? Granted, that thing was likely all carburetors and that's it. Is it possible to run boost safely on a carburetor engine even? I know little about them... before my time
To be honest, I'm thinking that is just for show, and likely not even connected to the engine. Piping probably goes under the fenders and terminates right there.
Last edited by TacoBello; 04-13-2018 at 10:44 AM.
#9940
True, but the volumetric flow rate shouldn't change much- the engine is still pushing out the same amount of exhaust gas. If anything, it would be slightly denser exhaust gases, due to the decrease in temperatures. I'm actually curious to know what kind of effect that would have on a turbo system... gonna see if I can find any articles!
Either way, the extreme length of piping before the turbo and after the intercooler would kill the functionality of that setup... as cool as it looks Though then again, I wonder what engine is in that thing... I mean, it looks like a rather ratty van, but, I have a hard time believing a stock 70s naturally aspirated GM engine could handle any boost, whatsoever... and what about engine management? Granted, that thing was likely all carburetors and that's it. Is it possible to run boost safely on a carburetor engine even? I know little about them... before my time
To be honest, I'm thinking that is just for show, and likely not even connected to the engine. Piping probably goes under the fenders and terminates right there.
Either way, the extreme length of piping before the turbo and after the intercooler would kill the functionality of that setup... as cool as it looks Though then again, I wonder what engine is in that thing... I mean, it looks like a rather ratty van, but, I have a hard time believing a stock 70s naturally aspirated GM engine could handle any boost, whatsoever... and what about engine management? Granted, that thing was likely all carburetors and that's it. Is it possible to run boost safely on a carburetor engine even? I know little about them... before my time
To be honest, I'm thinking that is just for show, and likely not even connected to the engine. Piping probably goes under the fenders and terminates right there.
Last edited by horseshoez; 04-13-2018 at 10:56 AM.
#9942
Off the top of my head, I seem to remember the two main driving forces of the hot side turbine are called enthalpy and kinetic energies, both of which are reduced as the exhaust charge cools. No promises, but I'll see if I can dig up some good articles from the SAE to post.
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Damn that is a lot of cars on the ground.
Those bumper protectors for keeping on at the dealership are great. Although I saw a car the other day that no longer had temp plates on that was still running them
Those bumper protectors for keeping on at the dealership are great. Although I saw a car the other day that no longer had temp plates on that was still running them
#9950
You'd think the Hellcats would be flying off the lots after that chase in Houston last October where the Hellcat outran the helicopter trying to follow it. They only ended up catching the guy because he stole the car with a partial tank of gas and he ran it dry.
#9955
Local Ford dealer here has 2-4 GT350s outside & a handful of Focus RS.
We kept Z06 outside (on the sidewalk right by the building) but the few inventory ZR1 we had were inside.
#9960
I wouldn't fuck around up there.
It's super difficult to not speed in something like that.
Like you don't even mean to speed, but you're fucking speeding.
Here it's a lot of wide open spaces and difficult to cover highway space.
Plus 85 mph is pretty common and even legal in some parts here.
That being said.. a lot of the fun with something like...
Is below the speed limit.