That's Schwitzer (now Borg Warner) set of turbos on that bad boy. I used to build those by hand. Massive brass bearings, special circlip pliers, pain in the butt tooling and a lame box we had to put them in.
were they brass ball bearings? is ceramic a bad choice for those size turbos?
they're called floating bearings. here is a picture. It's like a big brass sleeve with 4 or 5 holes bored into it. It is suspended in oil from the tranny.
Now imagine a piss ass tiny car turbo and you know why consumer turbos bite the dust so often. The aftermarket "re-man" commercial turbo business is HUGE!!!
do those giant turbos spool to similar speeds as smaller ones at similar engine RPM's?
excellent question......not sure. My only other useless factoid is that if you were to take the turbine out of a tractor trailer when pulling a steep grade and put it on the ground, it would make it to California from NC the same afternoon. That and it glows cherry red under load.
that'll be why god invented intercoolers then
that is AWESOME!!! bwahahahahahahaha
intercooler won't do squat. That's all on the exhaust end.that'll be why god invented intercoolers then
intercoolers cool the air going into the intake.that'll be why god invented intercoolers then
doh true. but i'm sure the intake's getting a bit toasty toointercooler won't do squat. That's all on the exhaust end.
doesnt look like it to me. the pipe going into the intake isnt discolored or anything since the intercooler is below.doh true. but i'm sure the intake's getting a bit toasty too
And quite the little asterisk on her resume as well.
sheesh
I was just making light of my first comment. Proximity alone will be making the intake hotter
Really? I thought it was ---> Danger: Sudden Bacon Flooding Zone or Bacon Riptide
or the Olympic symbol for bacon polo
I don't know what to say to that
for those about to rock, we salute youDarth Buscemi
