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     Puzzled |
I searched the archives for turbo threads and found a few. Unfortunately most of the links in the threads are dead ends in on way or another. So this leads me to this post. What if anything is available in the way of a turbo for Buells? Anyone on the site running one? | ||
| Oldog |
contact Fireman Jim Higgins he is the sourse for buell turbo data IHTH... | ||
| Firemanjim |
Mike,not alot of "kits" out there for Buells.Aerocharger used to offer one,that is what I have.Not to hard to set one up really,if you are handy.A F.I. Buell would be tougher as you need a way to richen it up as boost rises.I am hoping Al Lighton and Direct link will overcome this as I will be using FI on my next Bonneville bike. If you are not in a big hurry, I will be selling my Aerochargers(2 of em) after Bonneville this year to finance the next gen bike. | ||
| Smoke |
jim, put me on the short list for one of your turbos and i will try to make the funding happen when you are ready. go faster, tim | ||
| Puzzled |
Firemanjim thank you for the response. First off that is a nice web site you have. It kept me reading for awhile. I have some knowledge of turbos (basics) as I've tinkered with them on my diesel. I also hang with a predominately performance turbo crowd. However they are not applying this knowledge to motorcycles. I'm sure that with their turbo knowledge, my fabricating skills and sites like this one and its members I can put something together. I'll need to freshen up on turbo basics a bit before taking on such a project. As of now the turbo sizing appears to be one of the toughest parts for me. Next will be fuel supply and timing controllers. I don't know how they will differ from my drag car stuff other than cylinder wise. Than will come packaging and placement of the unit. Reading through pages of home built builds I picked up a few things that limited a few builds. I'll definitely want to leave room for a larger turbo! The particular bike I'm looking to tinker with is a carburated bike. I have read some of your posts pertaining to CV's and Mikuni's. Fortunately for me I have both here. I prefer Mikuni's for outright performance and CV's for their ability to adjust to altitude. Application, application, application! As for me I have a mill and lathe here in my shop. I also have a mandrel (of sorts)tubing bender. I'm only limited by tubing size and the dies that I have. I believe the biggest I can run through my bender is 2". Than again a box full of U bends will solve that problem. I have a Mig and a Tig machine here also. So if I should decide to go with stainless I'm all set. Now I just have to commit and take the plunge! | ||
| Firemanjim |
Pipe size is not as important on the turbo bikes as length as the pipes that came with kit are smaller in dia than my Buell race pipe,but shorter length means more heat energy sent to turbo. Buell low pressure oil system pretty much means you need a ball bearing turbo vs a plain bearing. The beauty of the Aerocharger style was it had a sealed oiling system,and it is a variable vane so a wastegate is not needed. Two good sites for turbo stuff are www.dragbike.com in their turbo section, and the turbo section of www.suzukihayabusa.org lots of great ideas floating around there. Not alot of places doing turbo Buell/HD stuff. The V-Rod forum has a bit,also. And stainless is the best choice so no rust flakes ever go through turbo.If you are not going big boost no need to worry about timing retard,and Dyna has a programmable ignition that has a retard feature in it,one of the 2000 series. |
