<VV> Re: [VV-talk] turbos

[airvair]

Hot air makes for a larger volume than the same quantity of cold air 
(hot air expands.) Hence on the turbo side, it makes for more push.

-Mark

Marc Sheridan wrote:

> This heat thing driving turbos is something I never understood. Why 
> does hot air drive them better than cool air? I would think that 
> pressure is pressure, but obviously I am wrong.
>
> Speaking of late model Camaros, did you see the engine removal on 
> Horsepower TV today for one of those. The whole front sub-frame has to 
> be unbolted, then the body is lifted off! Kinda like a Corvair, except 
> the front suspension comes with it too.
>
> Marc Sheridan
>
> Ken Campbell wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "airvair" <airvair@richnet.net>
>>  
>>
>>> But putting it far downstream would thus seem to make it less 
>>> effective.
>>>
>>> -Mark
>>>   
>>
>> *******
>> Here we are on vtalk .... talking about turbos, in which the corvair
>> experiment was a primary player ... but anyway, the Junkyard Turbo forum
>> etc. has been throwing this around for a year or two, ....... check 
>> out this
>> very interesting site ..... apparently there are some worthwhile 
>> tradeoffs
>> in such an installation .... for one, they might find cooler intake 
>> air, and
>> think about an 8 foot tube from the compressor to the intake .... 
>> look a lot
>> like an intercooler ????   I think I like this idea ... independent 
>> oiler
>> system, aluminum mounting flanges, a thousand times easier installation
>> .....
>>
>> http://www.ststurbo.com/
>>
>> regards,Ken Campbell, deltawerkes.