A New Monster In the PNW, Congrats Louie!
12-18-2006, 03:23 PM
#122
Rennlist Member
Hey! That's a great idea Adam. How about those little propellers you see on trailer hitch covers? I could have electric motors to turn them. A cam belt cooling system.
12-18-2006, 04:10 PM
#126
Three Wheelin'
Hmmm. Now you have me thinking..... 
Take a couple of small electric motors, such as motorcycle starter motors, mount them to the cover plates where the distributors used to be. Couple them the the cam sprockets through a viscous coupling so they help turn the cams. That should take a lot of load off the cam belt. Go a step further and use stepper motors to turn the cams and you could eliminate the cam belt altogether. Ummm. Probably not.
Take a couple of small electric motors, such as motorcycle starter motors, mount them to the cover plates where the distributors used to be. Couple them the the cam sprockets through a viscous coupling so they help turn the cams. That should take a lot of load off the cam belt. Go a step further and use stepper motors to turn the cams and you could eliminate the cam belt altogether. Ummm. Probably not.
Originally Posted by atb
No way man, pull a Smokey Y., and hard mount some propellers onto the gears. Then run ram air tubing from the nose to the propellers. That ought to reduce your parasitic losses for driving the cam belt. Of course it would only work at speeds over 300 mph, but you were planning on hitting that any way right?
12-18-2006, 04:59 PM
#129
Rennlist Member
J.V. wrote:
Okay...yup.... just double checking.... it is DEFINITELY Monday.
A thousand apologies John, I will go pay homage to the ITB gods for my transgressions by bathing in race fuel and spritzing afterward with methanol.
Who's this Randy V. guy ??
A thousand apologies John, I will go pay homage to the ITB gods for my transgressions by bathing in race fuel and spritzing afterward with methanol.
