| Author | Message | ||
     Phillyblast |
Does anyone remember seeing a turbo kit for a Blast? Just curious  | ||
| Spooky |
A few years back there was a site, but the link is dead now. It was a project for Mechanical Engineering class. They used the Blast engine with a turbo to power a small go-kart size indy car. I never had any luck getting any info on the turbo size and spec. Eric  | ||
| Ezblast |
 These guys were working on one as an engineering project - best speculation still involves an Aerocharger. Got Thump? Just Blasting on the Dark side! EZ  | ||
| Spooky |
The last thing I would use is an Aerocharger. I'm only saying this from my own use of one, on my car that is. Eric | ||
| Ezblast |
Its either an Aereocharger (for the variability of air charge handling) or a vary expensive fancy waste gate to instantly relieve presure between strokes - it could be done that way also it wouldn't have to be a total relief - just a real quick drop in presure. A blower could be built to do that but then the Aereocharger is a blower and actually a better design - people have had mixed results with them but I have noted that when and if you can get one dialed in they seem to really get the job done. I figured dialing in variable vanes would not be easy - but with computer curves and FI it could be done. Got Thump?! Just Blasting on the Dark side! EZ  | ||
| Phillyblast |
Thanks guys - that was the one I was thinking of, but I couldn't remember the school and couldn't google it - I guess since the link is dead that's why  Looks like a tiny aerocharger or similar blow-through design. And yeah, when you get the aerocharger really dialed in, it rips (ask FMJ and ROC). But when it doesn't run right, it can be a real pita - (again, ask ROC and FMJ). Friend of mine has built some nasty (sub 10 second) 300 Z turbos and we were looking for a project, but we need a starting point of some sort. Hell, I'm willing to use a snowmobile blower if I need to, but it's be nice to have something that will bolt up with only minor fab. | ||
| Sarodude |
I managed to get ONE reply from someone on that FSAE team. He believed they were using a "Thundercat" head.  A thunderstorm head makes sense 'cause it'd drop the compression. That's really the only piece of info I gleaned. Other stuff was mentioned kinda anecdotally - like "Don't use a carb - use EFI". All told, they really didn't want to divulge much. The FSAE contest is a contest and they'd probably rather not spill their engineering efforts to competitors. -Saro | ||
| Sarodude |
"The Buell blast engine was turbo charged with a Garret GN17 variable vane turbo. We had our engine carborated, but I would highly recomend EFI. The head was a Thunderstorm, or Thundercat from HarleyDavidson. The compression was stock." Stumbled across the email. There it is. Just note that compression cannot be stock with the Thunderstorm head... -Saro | ||
| Phillyblast |
Cool thanks. I'll google it and see what I can find. | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Check around some of the ATV boards, some of the atv crowd are running turbos on their Singles which is essentially what a Blast is. There is a San Diego based company that was at Springfest in AZ that showed up with a Turbo Yamaha Blaster. |
