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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California ![]() |
I was talking to mueller a while ago about building turbine engines out of turbo chargers, and he said that that was basically what an aircraft APU (auxillary power unit) does.
Which gets me to wondering. I think it would be really cool to build an electric 914 that is powered by a turbine generator running on CNG. Is this viable? With Otmar's setup this would be an interesting way to get 1000 ft lbs, but still maintain range. Plus you ought to be able to get access to Californias HOV lanes (either by running CNG or as a hybrid. What kind of power output can you get from a small turbine generator? |
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suby torque rules ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,528 Joined: 20-July 03 From: maryland, the land of 25 year Member No.: 924 ![]() |
one problem with your idea of a small high volt pack is the discharge/charge rate of the batterys, you would need either high end nimh or nicads. lead acid batterys like around a 10 to one rate either way except cranking batterys. so simply put you would need batterys that would cost 5 grand. which is way modern hybribs use a capicitor pack for regenerative breaking
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