Building a Flow bench, was: Measuring air flow

[grobbins]

How about using the gas turbine to power another compressor stage?

I've always wanted to build a supercharger like this with it's own power source.
When you're not using it for the flow bench, you could attach it to the hot rod
of your choice : )

Grant

Jordan wrote:

> Dont know if its any help, but I built a gas turbine out of a N series
> Holset Turbocharger while I was in college.  The leaf blower idea isnt going
> to deliver nearly enough pressure or vacum (its a blower not a compressor).
> I tried to use it to spin up the turbine once. And as for driving a
> turbocharger I thnk most of us are out of luck since most of the automotive
> turbos spin well over 100k rpm and I know of no motors that turn those
> speeds and develop enough power to operate a turbocharger. Maybe a large
> truck turbo and some gearing to get it up around 40k rpm?? Truthfully I
> think a small roots compressor is the way to go.
>
> Jordan Brandon
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