View Full Version : a leaf blower? making 20hp????
TheOne
08-30-2005, 09:50 PM
http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=AB544E3B-5DFF-416D-9CFD-A1AD23CA9564
some people just have too much time on their hands and a dyno.
Matra et Alpine
08-31-2005, 04:14 AM
some people just have too much time on their hands and a dyno.
definately, no dyno though :)
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/08/stories/18/1.html
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/08/stories/18/01large.jpg
:Exige:
08-31-2005, 04:43 AM
Hehe .. thats the sort of stuff im gonna be doing when im older :D
Cotterik
08-31-2005, 05:16 AM
is that dummy? it looks like it
Matra et Alpine
08-31-2005, 05:17 AM
is that dummy? it looks like it
no it's the guy in bike leathers looking back at the engine plume.
fa22_raptor
08-31-2005, 05:19 AM
is that dummy? it looks like it
If you click on the link, it's actually the owner guy. i gotta admit though, he does look pretty limp and dead :D
drakkie
08-31-2005, 06:49 AM
in the first video the leafblowe actually does the job of a supercharger/turbo.compress the air and letting it enter into the combustion chamber more quicker/better.same principle, just an uncommon method :)
:Exige:
08-31-2005, 07:01 AM
in the first video the leafblowe actually does the job of a supercharger/turbo.compress the air and letting it enter into the combustion chamber more quicker/better.same principle, just an uncommon method :)
Actually I would have thought it would replicate the induction of air created at high speeds rather than a form of 'charger.
Egg Nog
08-31-2005, 06:36 PM
Actually I would have thought it would replicate the induction of air created at high speeds rather than a form of 'charger.
No, it's definitely more like a turbo/supercharging. The intake system and air filter usually draw from a place like the wheel well and by the time it actually gets into the engine, there's really no difference made from forward car velocity. I've heard reports that even true "ram-air" systems make almost no difference at all unless the car is moving at an extremely high rate of speed.
IWantAnAudiRS6
08-31-2005, 06:41 PM
definately, no dyno though :)
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/08/stories/18/1.html
http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/08/stories/18/01large.jpg
ROFLMAO
That is awesome. Yet another quality post from Matra Inc.
It's tempting to do that to our lawnmower... ;)