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Originally Posted by Daox
Sorry, that would not work. Turbochargers spin incredibly fast. Smaller turbos can spin over 100,000 rpm, and some up to 200,000 rpm. Gearing it down is a big pita, you'd have to make your own journal bearings to take that kind of rpm input. Then you have to find something that will spin that fast without blowing up. It gets complex really fast.
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I don't think they get anywhere near that when you are driving normal and not "spinning it up" the turbo with the ICE at high RPM for performance.
I am thinking a super low geared reduction box may very well do the trick. A turbo in the exhaust, with a 1000 (?) to one little reduction unit spinning the alternator! (OR A/C?) This seems VERY feasible to me.
Brian