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On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:

I think the welsh one has it right!


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On 4th Aug, 2019 robert said:


hey !! its not that loud *wink*


Are we talking about the car??
I know the car isn’t that loud. It sounds pathetic with the new silencer.

I still get the usual “I could hear that thing coming”, but now it’s the gearbox/ drop gears they can hear screaming, not the zaust barking…

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REVISED STATEMENT:
By the way, I have complete trust in Roberts Driving.

Where are we at now? 52 Runs on the Dyno and apart from that unfortunate incident in Feb, all is good.
Just as long as the car is strapped down with 2 RATCHET straps I'm totally comfortable being passenger to him!

***





New moulds complete…











Tonight I can honey wax ‘em and get the PVA Release agent on, ready for Carbon fibre lay up tomorrow.

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I just remembered how we made tiny movements of the walls of that deign to get 9 air speed measurements per outlet to match each other for both tubes to the head .

it was fascinating how a small wall change would change the speeds ,and the gradient of speeds across the tube mouth.

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Yep, all that was back on page 4 of this thread, mid way down the page.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...id=611675&fr=75


So looks like we have to go through it all again.


This time though we have the manometer and a removable top to the plenum, which should speed things along.

But, we will have the added work of varying the runner lengths and testing to try to get it right through all the positions the bellmouths could be at.

Edited by Graham T on 7th Aug, 2019.

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yes if we do a page with the 9 measurement points on it , and call that page no1 , then just make enough pages to cover the amount of inlet positions , say ,every 5mm ?

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Yes, that sounds like a plan.

If we start off with fully retracted, mid way, then fully extended.
That will give an overall idea if anything needs reshaping.


Then when that all looks good, work in larger increments through the range of movement - say 10mm.

As time allows, we can then go through with smaller increments, as you suggest of 5mm.

Also draw up a table for overall flow at each extension point.




New DC Geared motor has arrived – The only 1000RPM motor I could find had to come from China.

I’ve only just last night ordered a driver board for it.
I opted for a dual channel driver board (Peak 5amp rating), in case it is needed for the cam positioning later on.

Edited by Graham T on 8th Aug, 2019.

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On 8th Aug, 2019 Graham T said:
New DC Geared motor has arrived – The only 1000RPM motor I could find had to come from China.

I’ve only just last night ordered a driver board for it.
I opted for a dual channel driver board (Peak 5amp rating), in case it is needed for the cam positioning later on.

Have you got a link for both (in case I missed it if you mentioned the exact one earlier earlier).

I'll explain why once I've finished my mock-up because space is seriously limited to fit an operating mechanism for the cam chain that both keeps both sides of the chain tensioned and fails "safe" (ie, the chain can't come off or "slip" if any part of the mechanism fails).

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???


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I never posted anything on these parts, so no, you have not missed it.



The motor is this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1000rpm-DC-D-sha...872.m2749.l2649


I only went for that because of the 1000RPM that I perceive I need to move the runners the full travel in the amount of time the engine would rev through its full range in 2nd gear.

Because the range of motion would be much less for the cam timing, there would be lots of other DC geared motors in the UK that could be used, lower gearing and I assume more torquey.




The driver board is this one:


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dual-TB9051FTG-M...872.m2749.l2649


I do not envisage the motor requiring 5amp’s to drive it in my application, and if it does the board apparently can sustain 5amp peak for “seconds”, which would probably be enough anyway.

Details on the driver boards:

https://www.pololu.com/category/11/brushed-dc-motor-drivers


If the driver board is not man enough, there is a higher rated board, 12amps, but more expensive. VNH5019

Edited by Graham T on 8th Aug, 2019.

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Well, in the end I left laying up the Carbon fibre until Friday evening.
I was away all this weekend gone, so laying it up on Friday meant I would not be there on Saturday or Sunday to try to release it too early and mess it up.

The top half has not come out too bad, but the bottom half is not so good.








I’m not sure what happen, but for some reason after 10 or 11 coats of honey wax and a coat of PVA release agent, the paint on the mould still stuck to the resin.
There was a bit of a mess on the bottom half of shell, so I had to sand it and then put a coat of thickened resin on. - You can see the brush streaks in the photo.
I’ll see how it looks once it is dry and I can flat it out again.


It should be good enough for flow testing, even if I am not happy with it for the finished plenum.

Edited by Graham T on 12th Aug, 2019.

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looks blimmen spanky to me .

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On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:

I think the welsh one has it right!


1st to provide running proof
of turbo twinkie in a car and first to
run a 1/4 in one!!

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Believe me, it is not really as shiny and nice as the photo shows it, especially now I have had my filthy mits on it, shaping it and trying to remove some of the imperfections created by the paint from the mould sticking.


However, it fits!

So far…























I managed to get a reasonable clearance between rocker cover and plenum, around 11mm at the closest point, which will drop to around 9.5 – 10mm once the outer skin is applied.

Also I have increased the plenum to bonnet gap from around what I think was 4mm to around 12mm – now, Pressing on the bonnet when closed there is no contact with the plenum.

There is also more of a gap between the neck of the plenum and where it goes down next to the intercooler. With the current plenum, it is very close to rubbing the intercooler.




Next steps are:
polish/ sand/ flat the inner surface of the lower half of the shell to remove the ridges in the resin and then apply a thin layer of resin as a finish coat.
Make a mount for the new DC motor on the extending runner piece.
Complete coding for the new DC motor – which is proving painful






In the meantime the engine is back together (finally) with the 1.5:1 ratio rockers and X7 inlet, and it has finally stopped raining long enough that I can actually get out for a drive.
So tonight is test drive Number 1 with the 1.5:1 rockers, which will be interesting.

Edited by Graham T on 20th Aug, 2019.

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Very very impressed
I don't comment much as it goes way over my head but absolutely love your persistence and skills!
Hope you get it working!

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“Persistence”

Ha, more like obsession…

I have set myself a goal:

I want to See 200 BHP.
But I am aiming for that at a boost level of 16PSI or lower and under 6k rpm.

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On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:

I think the welsh one has it right!


1st to provide running proof
of turbo twinkie in a car and first to
run a 1/4 in one!!

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On 20th Aug, 2019 Graham T said:
“Persistence”

Ha, more like obsession…

I have set myself a goal:

I want to See 200 BHP.
But I am aiming for that at a boost level of 16PSI or lower and under 6k rpm.


That would be an excellent result on that psi with a well behaved motor. I am very close to that figure at 16psi but I have went 1460.
It's really interesting seeing all the different engine configurations and results. This is a great topic. Well done.
Roy B


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Really pushing the boundaries with the variable intake length.
Can the lead screw arrangement react quickly enough to be useful though?
My thought would be to use engine vacuum, some sort of reservoir to store some vacuum, then use a pneumatic cylinder in vacuum to move one way, with a spring in the opposite side for opposing motion. Fairly easy to control using a 3 port valve.


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On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else


Like fuel 😂😂


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On 21st Aug, 2019 burcy35 said:



On 20th Aug, 2019 Graham T said:
“Persistence”

Ha, more like obsession…

I have set myself a goal:

I want to See 200 BHP.
But I am aiming for that at a boost level of 16PSI or lower and under 6k rpm.


That would be an excellent result on that psi with a well behaved motor. I am very close to that figure at 16psi but I have went 1460.
It's really interesting seeing all the different engine configurations and results. This is a great topic. Well done.
Roy B



Thanks Roy.

The way I am currently looking at my progress is:
We got 176BHP for 14.7PSI and 5570RPM in July, running way rich.
I estimated that the over rich running at peak power had possibly cost me around 10BHP – based on previous Dyno session results.
So that MIGHT have been 186BHP for 15PSI boost.

In general, the Engine makes an extra 7BHP per 1PSI of boost.
So 16PSI MIGHT have got 193BHP.
With the 1.5:1 rockers installed, that should push my peak power up the rev range slightly and so I’m hoping net me that extra 7BHP I want.
Also we had inlet temps of 44Deg C, mainly because I was too lazy to take the bonnet of and we were in the middle of that hot spell, so hopefully the next upcoming Dyno session it will be a little cooler and I will take the bonnet off, which COULD help with power.


Of course, that is just a load of might’s, if’s and maybe’s…

(And if I am still short of the 200BHP I could disconnect the alternator for the run? That might gain me a couple of BHP? *happy* )

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On 21st Aug, 2019 Tom Fenton said:
Really pushing the boundaries with the variable intake length.
Can the lead screw arrangement react quickly enough to be useful though?
My thought would be to use engine vacuum, some sort of reservoir to store some vacuum, then use a pneumatic cylinder in vacuum to move one way, with a spring in the opposite side for opposing motion. Fairly easy to control using a 3 port valve.


Tom, I am hoping with this new DC motor which is supposed to be rated for 800RPM under load, it will move the extensions at 106mm per second: Leadscrew moves the extensions 8mm per revolution.

but, that said, I have just found and bought a cheap pneumatic cylinder (dual acting) to play with.
The other thought is maybe an hydraulic ram? maybe powered off Engine oil pressure with some sort of shuttle valve, as per discussed earlier with the Variable cam timing cam sprocket.
With either type, position control will still be an issue and I’d probably need some type of linear encoder or Pot for position feedback.
But certainly this is a possible alternative to the leadscrew actuator.

Though, for proof of concept, as long as I can get this DC motor under control, this current actuation method will, I think, be fine for manual position control, at least for the flow testing.






So, yesterday, after posting that I was finally going to get out with the 1.5:1 rockers installed, I realised I needed an MOT. The garage said they could fit me in in the evening, thankfully.

I was a little concerned about emissions, just because I was not sure how the rockers might affect fuelling, even on tick over.
But all was good. CO 3.15% and HC 218PPM, The Lambda sensors were showing 13 – 13.5 AFR when the test was being carried out.




Now, I had not driven the car since coming back from the last Dyno session, so it could just me in my head, but to me there was a lot more response off boost to previous. It just felt like it pulled harder off boost.


But… I have no logs.
I had TunerStudio set up for “triggered logging”, based on road speed. However I turned that off at the dyno session so that we only got logs of the 4th gear pull, not all the build up beforehand. Apparently I forgot to activate it again after leaving Robert’s.


So I have no clue if there are any changes required to fuelling. I did see a few areas where it was going slightly lean when glancing over at the screen, but I’ll get some logs before I start changing things based on what I thought I saw for a split second.

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Small Update

A backwards step…


While playing with the motor control on the runner assembly it became evident that I would need to get the parts hard anodised.
I was going to anyway, but was going to wait until after flow testing, just to make sure the runner length had no detrimental effects.

But, the pipes were sliding free one moment and picking up and jamming the next. Hardly surprising really considering its Aluminium on Aluminium, regardless of the fact there is a fair amount of clearance.

The other thing was that when the pipes did jam, it was slightly bending the brackets that connect the pipes via the 6mm bar.





Obviously that's not good. Not only could I see it letting go at some point in the near future, but also it meant the runners were at different lengths when it did twist. So Before cleaning up the scuff marks and sending off for hard anodising, I decided I would weld the brackets fully to the bell mouth pieces, rather than just on the ends.



I wish I had not bothered…





Apparently I got it a little too hot.

So, that’s that screwed then!!!

After throwing a few things around the garage, I have now come in to consider alternatives for the travelling runners and bell mouths: Both materials and design.
It’ll be a lot of work to produce a new piece, and if I am honest, I am not so sure it would have worked long term anyway…


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oh pooh .

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On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:

I think the welsh one has it right!


1st to provide running proof
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run a 1/4 in one!!

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Maybe you could look into making teflon sleeves out of a rod or plate so that you never have metal-on-metal sliding? Might be a bit expensive though.

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On 4th Sep, 2019 robert said:
oh pooh .


Yes, My words were slightly strong than that, but the sentiments were the same…


On 5th Sep, 2019 Jimster said:
Don’t give up!!! I can anodise foc if you want


Not giving up Jim. I had a sulk yesterday, but today I am planning how to remake that melted part.
Originally they were machined as a pair, but I will have to try to get the new bracket correct without pairing it to the other side unit.
Thank you for your very kind offer. Once I get this part mended I will be in touch.


On 5th Sep, 2019 jbelanger said:
Maybe you could look into making teflon sleeves out of a rod or plate so that you never have metal-on-metal sliding? Might be a bit expensive though.


Jean, this is a good idea also.
For now though I think the plan will be to repair as best I can so that I can get it all anodised
Then complete the work on the motor control which should tell me if anodising alone is enough.


As this is experimental and I have no idea if this will even yield the result I hope for, I do not want to add extra work or costs.
So once it is on the car and I see some useful results, I can then drop back to thinking on better materials/ design.

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Amazingly, I have now got that runner repair in a very short time.
All my despair about how difficult it would be and it was not too bad at all.





It is not as tidy as I would like and I cannot say it is as exactly matched to the other side as I would have liked either. But it fits and the runners function as they did before.

Oddly the other side runner that I did not try to weld a few days back, I tried last night and it welded easily.
But with this repaired runner, welding it again this morning was a complete pain. So I’m not sure what’s going on there. I guess contamination or something, although I clean it thoroughly before starting.
Regardless, disaster averted.


Also today I got out for a drive with a slightly different wheel set up.

I replaced the front wheels






With some slightly narrower and slightly less offset wheels







The difference was staggering.
The boost controller was set as it was on the last Dyno day, and it hit 18PSI at 3600RPM, which was not intended, but not the slightest bit of movement left or right. Just the faintest feel of the car wanting to wander, but it stayed dead on track.
And soooo much lighter on the steering wheel.

The other wheels will need to go back on now, but at least it has put my mind at ease about the cause of the torque steer.




Finally, I also managed to get a bit of logging done, which is the first with the 1.5:1 ratio rockers.
Overall I’ve had to slightly increase fuelling throughout the range, by about 2 points, but up at 5500RPM, I’ve increased by 4 points so far. Which is positive.

Still looks like I need a little more fuel at around 2600RPM though.




It might be my imagination, but the AFR’s look a lot more balanced than they were previously.

So, a bit more logging to get the lower revs fuelling good and I will leave the high rev stuff for the next Dyno session – Coming soon!

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