IHI Turbo from a diesel LDV van, has something like a 28mm impeller.
The exhaust turbine is stuffed so I've removed the exhaust-manifold completely and will replace the turbine with a small belt-pulley [to be driven off the crank/flywheel] - turning it into a rudimentary supercharger!
Exhaust silencer from a Suzuki Hayabusa (!) only a couple of years old. New owner replaced it with titanium and threw it in the skip...
Turbo bolted in position. Made a custom bracket from some angled billet-alloy and bolted it to the front fairing-bracket, so will probably need re-enforcing.
The exhaust isn't as heavy as it looks and bolts onto the rear fairing-bracket quite well, although fitting the Mac case back on will be tricky.
Just need to hook the belt up now, run a hose from the turbo to the carb-inlet and hook up the exhaust using metal flexi-pipe and probably lots of ally-tape. For you knowledgeable sceptics out there, I don't think the oil and coolant feed will be necessary, nor will the waste-gate fixture and setting make any difference - the turbo will only be spinning at crank speed. It'll look good and blow on the engine, but we're not going to see boost figures and besides, how much boost can this 49cc 2-stroke take?!
Hi there. I'm a writer with MacFormat and I'm doing a fun feature on cool things made with old macs. I was wondering, would you be up for sharing a few hi-res pics of Buran and the SkateMac that we could run in the magazine?
ReplyDeleteIf you could let me know I'd appreciate it - my email address is gary@bigmouthstrikesagain.com.
Cheers
G