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Old 06-30-2010, 05:02 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I agree the turbine in the exhaust is a probably a more efficient approach and I have thought about it. The problem I find is that its hard to deal with something spinning as fast as a turbo is to convert it into usable energy. If you have ideas on this I'm all ears.
That's an easy one. gear it down. Adapting the gearbox of a drill to a turbo should be simple enough which will bring down the rpms, then pick your application I suppose.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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