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krisdahl Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I was thinking of doing something like the YouTube > video, but I'm not sure how they are mounting the > reverse sprocket. The differential cover would > have to be structural if that is where it is > mounting to. Not sure if that is the greatest > idea, even if it is just for reversing. > > I was leaning towards doing a idler gear on the > drive chain, and engaged with a starter > solenoid-type setup. This is one setup I've seen Andrew M Onterrible 30ish |
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hudson Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I`m not exactly sure where you would get the drive > from and mount it.. but can`t be harder than an > engine swap! > > Turbo charging an air cooled car makes me think > your asking for over heating. I don`t know if > that`s true or not. It's a fairly popular mod for old Mini's at the moment they build a crude bracket cum intake manifold out of old fenceposts and angle iron and run a long tortuous pipe over the top of the clutch cover to tuck the carb down near the grille -- non-intercooled and hideously engineered. It works great. There was some other German manufacturer that fiddled about with air-cooled turbo cars for a while but they gave it up to build water cooled hairdresser cars a few years back and bought Volkswagen last year, but had to give it back, it'll take me a minute but the name will come to me, eventually... Maybe Jens would know 
I imagine a few extra vents and ducts would take care of any cooling issues, perhaps a dab of water injection -- it's the same power you'd be making with the $8000 option anyway. Pure mathematics is the enemy of every truly creative man -- Sir Alec |
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Ted Andkilde Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It's a fairly popular mod for old Mini's at the > moment they build a crude bracket cum intake > manifold out of old fenceposts and angle iron and > run a long tortuous pipe over the top of the > clutch cover to tuck the carb down near the grille > -- non-intercooled and hideously engineered. It > works great. I could give that a go for sure.. my 1200 cc motor has the massive low compression ratio head. Would be fun for sure 
> There was some other German manufacturer that > fiddled about with air-cooled turbo cars for a > while but they gave it up to build water cooled > hairdresser cars a few years back and bought > Volkswagen last year, but had to give it back, > it'll take me a minute but the name will come to > me, eventually... > > Maybe Jens would know > > I imagine a few extra vents and ducts would take > care of any cooling issues, perhaps a dab of water > injection -- it's the same power you'd be making > with the $8000 option anyway. Yeah.. air cooled.. sigh. I just have no experience with it and I just don't like the heat options Andrew M Onterrible 30ish |
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BMW motor definitely looks CCW... so possible solution is to rotate NSU transaxle 180deg. Makes plumbing the motor a lot easier.
Shift linkage will require thought. Possibly weaker turning the gears the wrong way? Flip all the gears around? Get straight cut? Andrew M Onterrible 30ish |
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Tim Taylor Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > If you can live with the noise of strait cut gears > then you have no problems reversing the rotation. > Used stock car quick change gears are ~$20-30 on > eBay in any ratio you desire. So you're thinking swap in the gears into the existing box? I've been looking at it some more.. and it looks like if I rotate the box, I will run into the mounts for the rear arms... It's starting to look like machining a box that's ideal isn't so ludicrous. I have a friend from kindergarden who runs a machine shop.. shouldn't be TOO expensive. This is still a long way out too.. but if it's a matter of finding the right motor that's got the same power as a very expensive NSU motor build.. it might make sense. Andrew M Onterrible 30ish |
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hudson Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It's starting to look like machining a box that's > ideal isn't so ludicrous. I have a friend from > kindergarden who runs a machine shop.. shouldn't > be TOO expensive. Custom box, it's really not that hard if you can live with the noise of strait cut gears... 
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