Wierd application, hypothetical question.

[Pat Ford]

 I was thinking plain mechanical but if there was a better choice ( SAAB APC??)
that would work

Previously, you (justin ivan) wrote:
{ Pat ,
{ You raise an intersting point about a waste gate controller. Now did you 
{ mean an electronic version (Ala Apex i AVCR) or a regular mechanical waste 
{ gate actuator? Either would work well.
{ I agree with you notion of this being necessary at all, if it was deemed so 
{ I think that a mechanical format would be the best.
{ On a side note, not knowing too much about diesels, how about a propane 
{ injection instead of the turbo. I am not sure how well they work on a N/A 
{ deisel but I know that on a turo diesel they make phenomenal gains in hp and 
{ esp torque.
{ Justin
{ 

 I think the propane is mainly for cooling isn't it ( inject liquid propane??)


{ 
{ >From: Pat Ford <pford at qnx.com>
{ >Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
{ >To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
{ >Subject: RE: Wierd application, hypothetical question.
{ >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 14:50:57 -0500 (EST)
{ >
{ >use a waste gate controller its already designed to work at boost pressures 
{ >in an automotive temp range and the use springs and levers to make your 
{ >curves. Once again are you sure you need to do this?
{ >
{ >Previously, you (Shirley, Mark R) wrote:
{ >{ That's a perfectly reasonable thought.  I just thought it would be much
{ >{ easier
{ >{ to tune with some sort of controller.  If I went pure mechanical, sure it
{ >{ would
{ >{ work, but i would have to have a lathe, and play around with many 
{ >different
{ >{ springs
{ >{ to tune it, (not user-friendly) and the worst part of it is coming up 
{ >with
{ >{ some sort of diaphragm.  The rest of it I could deal with, but the 
{ >diaphragm
{ >{ is tough.
{ >{ You almost have to know somebody somewhere who makes these things.  It 
{ >would
{ >{ have
{ >{ to be a rubber with a metal disc applied to seat the spring on.
{ >{ Not to mention that a controller would be a much cooler way to do it.  
{ >Much
{ >{ more tunable.
{ >{
{ >{ -----Original Message-----
{ >{ From: justin ivan [mailto:vlkslvr at hotmail.com]
{ >{ Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 11:34 AM
{ >{ To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
{ >{ Subject: Re: Wierd application, hypothetical question.
{ >{
{ >{
{ >{
{ >
{ >
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Pat Ford                           email: pford at qnx.com
QNX Software Systems, Ltd.           WWW: http://www.qnx.com
(613) 591-0931      (voice)         mail: 175 Terence Matthews          
(613) 591-3579      (fax)                 Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2M 1W8

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