Re: Turbo Project about to begin but decision needed
Originally Posted by JHM2K
I'm in for the deposit, no problem. If he can give a LOOSE estimate on when the kit will be ready for production, that might help the pitch for the deposits. Once the turbo is installed and working on my car, I will promptly take it to the track as soon as possible and the kit will sell itself.
Regarding the small 1" pipes, that's actually brilliant because if he needs to make a complex bend with one of the pipes on the merge back to the 2.5/3" charge pipe, he can do that much easier than he could with a large box tube. I had honestly thought about the intercooler idea, as the Bell Intercooler site you linked me to had touted "over 3,500 core shapes in stock"...
My only concern is airflow. Intercoolers work great when air can move across the vanes at a high rate of speed. But, if the air is forced to flow in a linear fashion, with one side flush against the car.... ???
Still, this is a much simpler design, as we can now route the charge pipe directly up into the engine bay, as opposed to "through the core, into intercooler, back through the core"...
This is progressing well.
Let me know when he needs the deposit.
Corky also really liked the idea but as an engineer wants to study it some more. I am excited that a BEGi sytem might include an idea of mne! What makes Corky like it is some testing he did on his Miata kits. Like I said earlier. His single round charge pipe leaves the turbo passes through the wheel well then down and into the intercooler. He measured a 30 degree drop just on this 40" pipe before entering the intercooler. Now if you look at the leangth of the charge pipe and if you could route this through 3-5 small pipes, you will basically have a charge pipe that has an intercooler effect. I really like this idea because like you said, we can enter and exit on the same side of the radiator which also was driving up the cost of the intercooler. Another advantage is you will not have a intercooler blocking the cooling air to the radiator. A big advantage for me only is that I will still have room for my pusher fan that is mandatory on a V8. Not only would we eliminate the traditional intercooler but all the brackets and mounting hardware. This would make the install much easier too! Just route the pipe up from underneath in front of the condensor, keep it tight to the passenger side and into the engine compartment then follow the contoured relief on the side of the E320 engine cover.
Looks like we are up to three. Anyone else in on this? Maybe someon knows how to make a list?
Last edited by LantanaTX; Nov 15, 2011 at 04:59 PM.