| Well, right now my main interest in 510's (and cars in general), are turbo's and superchargers. I would like to design my own supercharger (how hard can it be, really?!). I figure that I can convert an alternator into a super-high power fan and hook it up to the intake/exhaust side of an L-series engine (it would be driven by a fan belt, of course.). Then, I connect a dryer vent hose from the "blower fan-contraption" to the air filter, or split it into smaller hoses, and blow the air into the intake. Then all I would need is to re-jet or even just re-tune the mixture on the carb. This seems like it would work to me. If anyone knows some reason that this wouldn't work, please let me know so I can re-think my idea. If that doesn't work, I would also be interested in a turbo setup, or a blower setup, although, I've never heard of a blower setup for the 510. Update (12/01/00): I have been told that my blower/fan idea will "never work." Their reason being that they didn't think I could get the fan to push enough air to increase performance at all. Well, they may be right, but I see only one way to find out. I'm in the process of tearing apart an old alternator. All I can do is try, right? I will update again if I get it working 12/20/00: Well, It may be a while before I can get the "prototype" working, as I am still working on a way to attatch a fan blade to the inside. I have taken apart an old alternator (without too much trouble), and it looks like it could work, I just need some sheet metal, and a welder. 8/8/01: Okay, as you can probably tell, I haven't been working on this very much (at all). I just bought some 40 DCOE Webers, and I have pretty much forgotten about this idea for now. This is not to say that I have given up, I still think it would work! |
| My other "cool" idea was inspired by all the hype recently about valves, and valve timing, etc. My idea is to make the valves electronically controlled, not mechanically. The valves' motion would be controlled by electric soliniods. They would be timed by the distributor, in a similar manor that the spark is controlled, or in newer engines, by the car's computer. It seems to me that would: - cut down on loss of HP due to the spinning of the timing chain, cam(s), etc. - cut down on weight (maybe) - remove pesky timing chain (I never liked them much, anyway) - make for better (more efficient) combustion, because of more precise valve timing - be really cool!! Again, please let me know if you have any thoughts on my idea, or if you know it wouldn't work, or anything, let me know. Also - this goes for everything on this site- please don't steal my ideas and make millions. I would be mad 12/20/00: I recieved an e-mail from a visitor saying that he thinks BMW or Mercedes may already be working on a similar (if not identical) idea. I guess I was too slow, but someday I would like to try to make my own L-series camless engine, just to see if I could. |
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