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I like stevewix avatar.
 
He's got to be joking, right? Yet some of the responders seem to think he's serious. Or are they joking as well?

I'm so confused!
 
Yeah, I was making the assumption that it was a joke. You're right, though, the responses are weird. The initial post was pretty funny, the responses made me glad I hang out on this forum and not that one.
 
That was a VERY interesting(???) forum!!! Makes one really appreciate what we have here!! I give that guy an A+ for creative thinking and an F- for mechanical theory!!!

That stevewix avatar is ah, breathtaking? shall we say!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
 
So what was it that first struck you as wrong with his idea? The lack of oxygen to burn was what everybody on that forum seem to hit on. But the thing that struck me immediately was that the intake valves would be closed when the exhaust valves were open and there would be nowhere for the exhaust air to go while waiting to get into the cylinders again.
 
Ah ha!! A glimmer of mechanical theory!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
 
jdubois said:
the intake valves would be closed when the exhaust valves were open and there would be nowhere for the exhaust air to go while waiting to get into the cylinders again.
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There is always some intake valve open.

At least he is right about one thing,
"I’m sure there will be a noticeable difference in torque output."
yeah he might notice as the torque hits 0. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
70herald said:
There is always some intake valve open.
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Oh yeah, good point. So the air (if the concept actually worked, that is) would spiral around the cylinders. That's kind of an interesting image.
 
Reminds me of the Soldier in White in Catch-22 where the nurses daily switched the IV bottle with the catheter bottle.
 
jdubois said:
the thing that struck me immediately was that the intake valves would be closed when the exhaust valves were open and there would be nowhere for the exhaust air to go while waiting to get into the cylinders again.
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Same thing would happen with a standard turbo. Reminds me of the O pipe for the exhaust. Kale Co Auto
 
GregW said:
jdubois said:
the thing that struck me immediately was that the intake valves would be closed when the exhaust valves were open and there would be nowhere for the exhaust air to go while waiting to get into the cylinders again.
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Same thing would happen with a standard turbo.
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You mean without a wastegate?
 
Believe it or not, in the early 70's a guy in Santa Rosa, CA, marketed something like this as a smog control. I was drag racing at the time and the employees of the company where I worked were mad because I would not invest in the "invention". I asked to see the drawings for it so I could evaluate and was told it was a secret. He bilked a lot of people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. He, also, had a black box to a motor that doubled the output of an electric motor. I believe he went to jail after filing bankrupty. Believe it or not!!!!!
 
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif I'm not sure which is funnier the actual post or the responses of the guys who read it. I had to forward that on to my son the "Turbo....more power please" guy.
He actually had to call he laughed so hard! Thanks!!!!
 
I don't think Basil allows that kind of language on BCF. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/nonod.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/nonono.gif
 
saw that last week on another forum and thought it a little racy for this one. thought the boss would give us a stern talking to.
 
DNK said:
saw that last week on another forum and thought it a little racy for this one. thought the boss would give us a stern talking to.
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Eek! I hope I didn't cross the line! Maybe I'll at least put a warning on that initial message.
 
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