Looked at pic's , Yea you will not have any problems with cooling your oil but i am concerned about the rubber hoses coming off the cooler you wouldn't want to...
Hi all; I've been a lurker on this mailing list for more than four years. I plan on eventually building my own go-kart turboshaft project one of these days. It...
Well eddy my jet engine certainley isn't the noisiest thing on the farm let me tell you . LOL To: DIYGasTurbines@yahoogroups.com From: eddy_dupuis2000@......
ok thats what i thougt... even with the 0-w 30 i couldnt start her up without preheating the turbos for like 1 minute... with this oil i'll just fire up the...
there is so much curve in the tubing of your project like the turbo to the combustion chamber specialy therefor the tubing for gas and oil i cant see enough. ...
Hi Yeh , I'd say too much drag thru the system due to the ambiant conditions combined with the more viscous lube , hopefully once things warm up a bit the...
my tubing is 3/8 copper and the oil pickup can be seen in the pic included . there is quite a lenght of pipe from the pump to the turbo : it goes out of the...
Hi Jake The corrected flow equation is from a Garrett document I found somewhere , can't remember where , but probably on their Web Site years ago . The...
hello marshall back there it is not a problem to try your turbine if you dont live in town you can do 150miles before you find a house and sometime nobody live...
John, How do you do the maths to arrive at the corrected turbine airflow? I see that you used Comp efficiency, PR, and TIT...But how do you actually put it...
Hi Sounds like the pump is struggling to pump the thicker lube when cold , it "should?" improve as the lube warms and thins . But best keep a close watch on...
i dont know the configurationof the gas turbine but if the fan take the air from inside instade ooutside mite get warm seam to be ridicule but who now ...
so i changed the oil and now the max pressure the pump will put out (cold) is 60 psi compared to 80-90 with the 0w oil... so basically if i get it right the...
hello john my twin turbo are gona be independant there gona have there own chamberit is ike 2 time one turbo like on a plane they dont share the C.B. so...
Hi Eddy As I mentioned in an earlier email , having twin/split inlet on the turb scroll reduces efficiency . If you look at the Turbine Flow "map" in the Link...
lol yaeh neighbors start to piss off after a little while LOL i finally bought mobil1 15w-50 oil 50$ jug but i think its a good investment... st-50 rebuild...
Funny but i've run mine for half an hour and i can keep my hand on the resorvoir quite easily maybe 120deg F . I've put an oil cooler on but havent bothered...
are there nice turbo for a project ? are they big enough ??pounds? you told me there diferent turbine scroll what is better small or large? i make sure to...
Hi Eddy Which one of the GT45 family http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/catelog/Turbochargers/GT45/GT4508R.htm have you got , depending on the...
one of the reasons that a tractor has little trouble with any oil is that the volume of oil is considerable with large area and small porosity oil filters and...
Why don't you just try15w40 oil non synthetic we use this oil in our tractors and combines with good results . We get many thousands of hours of use out of...
now i was checking on gt 60 dont know about them but maybe people will answer me and guide me to a goor road eddy mothman1956 note if you have aa chance go...
Hi Eddy Theres nothing wrong with ball bearing turbo for our use , the reputable turbo manufacturers wouldn't put on the market a product that fails , they'd...