[Diy_efi] Re: Diy_efi Digest, Vol 1, Issue 524

Axel Rietschin axel_rietschin at compuserve.com
Thu Jan 16 00:32:30 GMT 2003


From: "Axel Rietschin" <axel_rietschin at compuserve.com>

> From: <Tlsalt at aol.com>
> >
> > Hello Axel,
> >
> > I saw this engine up close and running several times in the early 80's
and
> > wondered why BMW took a different path than the other turbo engines.
All
> of
> > the versions I saw and photographed had a mechanical throttle ahead of
the
> > turbo compressor and all of them had wastegates on the exhaust turbine.

Here you can see the actuation motor and its electrical connection:

http://www.mader-racing.com/Pages/0029.jpg

Of course, there _is_ also a wastegate on this picture, maybe the engine I
saw was a "museum special" or there is just a hole in my memory?

--Axel


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