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Originally posted by regcheeseman View Post
It'll need more torque to spin up though...
So, just converted this MHI map which is in m3/sec so 0.15 = 23.7lb/min or 237bhp with the correct fuelling. So I could even wind this back - a lot. Food for thought. Cannot remember the MHI compressor size .... Might be 68mm.Last edited by Activ8; 16 June 2020, 12:51 PM.
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Just had a reply back from a Chinese compressor wheel manufacturer. They can produce any standard compressor wheel with a bore to my specification. So I need to get back on the maps and find some suitable candidate where I have the housings.
What do you reckon.... grub screw fixing & loctite? Then balance!
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I was kind of taking the waz, if it was £10 worth a punt but for that money i would want better castings etc to give a little confidence in construction....
I have built and modified loads of rc stuff but never brushless I do however know that rather than having a 2 wire stater and armature arraignment they have a 3 wire situation going on.....
The motors have bags of torque though!!!
I do like the idea of electric turbos (twin plenum on the scim) as there is very little room around the exhausts for extra pipework, but I have a fair amount of room around the air filter and plenum. But being from the earlier 2.9I with airmass meters rather than lambda sensors would you put filter side of air mass or plenum side of air mass????
I do know I would probably have to change the ecu for a mapable one cos any alteration in fuelling over what has already been done will confuse the shit out if it and force it into panic mode and limp....
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Yeah they are 3 phase motors, which is part of the reason you need the special ESCs.
Awesome that you've found a few options!
To make balancing more simple, if you've got people who can machine you custom wheels and shafts on the motor then I'd get a reverse thread on both of them, so it tightens as it spins. No "heavy" (relative) side with a grub screw.
I have a feeling you'll be needing all the help you can get with balancing at those speeds!
And yeah, if you can reduce the revs but keep the pressure then that's better I think. As greeny says, bucket loads of torque available on these motors.
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Found this if anyones interested in how it works ....
https://howtomechatronics.com/how-it...-and-esc-work/
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Three days of torrential rain forecast. So after my delicious sun soaked lunch I fired on two more cans (2 coats) of Upol Satin Black on the bonnet after panel wiping it down. 3rd can in, it still looked patchy but the 4th seemed to do the trick after an hours curing. See picture. Still warm but overcast I quickly rubbed it over with 1000 wet and a very small splash of WUL, still rubbing away as the heavens opened I was quite enthused by the finish and my efforts to date. Great learning curve.
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The weathers shit, but it's a great day. The sample clear headlight lenses from the US arrived this morning. I'm decorating again today (yawn) so left them wrapped until I can sit on my hands for longer and extend the pleasuring. ;-)
With the headlight build I was concerned with the weight. I've built my prototype using the oem glass lens which went through the MOT test no problem but the three lens mountings are brittle and weak. The OEM lens weighs in at 1100g, with the addition of the two LED lights it all adds up with the road vibration and potential deterioration of the fixings. I'm planning to upgrade these to a BMW version which use "different" plastics, similar design and hold good as new after 20 years!
The polycarb pair weigh in at 434g or 217g each so a great weight saving and it moves the project on a lot. Updates in due course.
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