Go Kart Turbo.....Maybe.

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Go Kart Turbo.....Maybe.

June 06, 2005, 09:46:30 AM

I remember Sean posting he was lookin for someway to throw some forced induction on a go-kart motor and when I went out side to turn my pool filter on the idea hit me.....

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Reply #1 – June 06, 2005, 09:54:52 AM

If you could mount it so the impeller drive shaft ran off some type of belt setup you could have a centrifugal type supercharger....in theory anyway....My pool spins it at 4000 rpm's. I think the major question is whether or not the plastic will hold up to the heat when you jam air down it instead of water.

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Reply #2 – June 06, 2005, 11:29:25 AM

i dont see why it wouldnt work, especially since how long are most people on go-karts? an hour maybe?

while it would work for a gain, i want a "proper" turbo, i saw a video online, where a kid had a go-kart, that did have a turbo, i just cant find a source for them

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Reply #3 – June 06, 2005, 12:28:26 PM

just get a sand rail and drop the engine from your mustang in it. Their street legal here.

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Reply #4 – June 06, 2005, 01:20:28 PM

thats not unique though, anyone can put any engine in a sand rail

i want to try to turbo a small, single cylinder engine

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Reply #5 – June 06, 2005, 02:28:38 PM

I'm no pump expert, but using a pump designed for a non-compressible fluid to pump a compressible fluid probably won't work out too well.

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Reply #6 – June 06, 2005, 02:44:05 PM

If he wasn't so ed set on using a tarbo on this, he could just use a smog pump. :p

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Reply #7 – June 06, 2005, 03:42:34 PM

Gotta agree with Jeremy on this one - a water pump would never flow enough air to turbocharge anything. The turbines would never spin fast enough, for one thing. If you turned that pump on and put your hand in front of it you probably wouldn't even feel much (if any) air moving.

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Reply #8 – June 06, 2005, 03:54:15 PM

Oh well, it's nice to see I actually remembered something for once at least :D

The air vs. liquid thing escaped me though, I guess the impeller design for a liquid is a totally different animal. Am I right in this assumption?

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Reply #9 – June 06, 2005, 04:31:30 PM

Yep - a non-positive-displacement (like your pool pump or a car's water pump) liquid pump will allow a whole lot more backflow (or "blowby") - it has to, because if it didn't and something blocked the outlet something would break. Of course, a positive displacement pump (such as an oil pump) will break if you block the outlet.

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Reply #10 – June 06, 2005, 04:57:21 PM

you could maybe try to get diffrent impellers for it? I would maybe try an electric pump that they use to do those giant blow up thingys. Of course, what is the point if it is electric

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Reply #11 – June 06, 2005, 05:50:19 PM

Get a little turbo, fab a pulley on the exhaust end of the shaft (minus exhaust housing) and rig it up. Makes a lot more sense to me.

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Reply #12 – June 06, 2005, 06:48:33 PM

Quote from: oldraven

Get a little turbo, fab a pulley on the exhaust end of the shaft (minus exhaust housing) and rig it up. Makes a lot more sense to me.

then its called a supercharger

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Reply #13 – June 07, 2005, 08:09:25 AM

Shawn, Just get the 6lb Powerdyne kit and when you realize it's too big just give it to me!

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Reply #14 – June 07, 2005, 10:15:47 AM

Quote from: Tbird232ci

then its called a supercharger

Yes.......... yes it is.