by "LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly)
Published 04/09/2017 at 08:25
by "LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly)
Published 04/09/2017 at 08:25
Tags: Turbos
STARS: 0
I was speaking with a guy yesterday, and he mentioned air cooled turbos, which I had not heard of before. I had been speaking of the oil temps in my turbo in certain conditions, and he brought up drag racing cars and air cooled turbos.
Based on this old thread on the internet ( https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39727 ), I think he was talking about air to air cooling of the oil lubricated turbo, as opposed to the water to air cooled oil lubricated turbo that are common on production cars. But in the moment, it seemed like the guy was saying that there was no oil involved at all.
Unless Oppos know of some special technology for a turbo with no oil?
"jimz" (jimz)
04/09/2017 at 09:02, STARS: 4
isn’t NASIOC where that guy earnestly came up with the idea of running the exhaust pipes directly back into the intake as a closed-loop system?
anyway, the first reply tends to make me think he’s talking about the intercooler.
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
04/09/2017 at 09:21, STARS: 3
The guy asking the question doesn’t understand the system. Air-to-air only on a turbo would be very limiting. Exhaust heat plus RPMs means it would have to be a very weak application.