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Forum: General Fuel Topics

07-08-2010, 07:56 AM

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My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

I wish I had that level of skill and experience.

I wish I had that level of skill and experience.

Forum: General Fuel Topics

07-08-2010, 05:58 AM

Replies: 78

My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

Ok, I can imagine that heat is conducted out of...

Ok, I can imagine that heat is conducted out of the exhaust gas through the turbo, so it's cooler and denser on the output side, which could conceivably result in higher pressure on the input side...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

07-07-2010, 08:27 AM

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My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

I agree with the exhaust flow part, correct. ...

I agree with the exhaust flow part, correct.

On the heat issue, I'm ready to accept that it does what you say it does, but I'd have to understand how it does that.

As I understand, heat cannot...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

07-07-2010, 03:02 AM

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My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

pgfpro, that helps begin to explain how a turbo...

pgfpro, that helps begin to explain how a turbo might harness heat energy from exhaust gas. I haven't seen any other explanation of how a turbo would use exhaust heat energy.

Most of the time,...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

07-05-2010, 04:18 PM

Replies: 78

My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

Ah, but the turbo doesn't work on exhaust heat,...

Ah, but the turbo doesn't work on exhaust heat, it works on exhaust velocity. There have been discussions of scavenging exhaust heat too; to do so, you would change the exhaust gas's density,...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

07-05-2010, 02:10 PM

Replies: 78

My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

The energy of the exhaust's movement is not...

The energy of the exhaust's movement is not wasted. This has been thoroughly discussed so I don't feel like it's appropriate to fill up this thread with the same discussion, but you can search for...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

02-28-2010, 04:31 AM

Replies: 78

My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

Yes, it does have throttle by wire. That would be...

Yes, it does have throttle by wire. That would be the first time I've heard of throttle by wire being credited with not using open loop, but it certainly sounds as reasonable as the wideband O2...

Forum: General Fuel Topics

02-28-2010, 03:12 AM

Replies: 78

My FE/Performance Project

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Posted By theholycow

Wow, that's quite a project. It sounds like...

Wow, that's quite a project. It sounds like you've really put the effort into studying this stuff that most of us would never do!

Can you elaborate on this? My understanding was as follows:
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