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Old 10-01-2008, 07:25 PM   #20 (permalink)
metromizer
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Originally Posted by bikin' Ed View Post
Yes, I've thought of using a rear mount turbo to power an alternator. ... My plan, though still in the thinking stage, is to find a salvage yard turbo, plumb it into the exhaust, machine a collar to mate it to my alternator shaft, extend the wiring, and replace the engine acc. drive belt.
You would likely need to build some sort of gear or multi-belt reduction drive to slow the output shaft. The picture below is the inverse, that is, the compressor side of a junk yard turbo being belt driven as an accesory (through a home-built speed increasing drive) and used to supercharge the intake tract of an engine.
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