Great video...What to do with your old turbo

[Motorhead]

Check this video out!
YouTube - Beer+old turbo=home made jet engine

 

[icman95]

I wonder if any damage to the turbo will still be covered under warranty?:-laf

 

[isb360]

Those guys have BALLS... . or is it beer... to stand there like that. That freaking thing could grenade from overspeed at any time. But wow. Now they need some water injection into the exhaust (just like Harrier) to cool it enough so it's not glowing cherry red. Material properties go to hell when that happens.

God bless 'em for putting it together, though!



Tim

 

[lil red cummins]

this video reminds me of the old joke about the famous last words of a redneck.

"Hey watch this boys - bet you ain't seen this before!!!"

:-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[Wingate]

Thats crazy!!!. .

 

[AMink]

Was it dry ice in the bucket below the intake? I'm not sure what exactly I was looking at, but it is cool!

 

[Motorhead]

Was it dry ice in the bucket below the intake? I'm not sure what exactly I was looking at, but it is cool!

I think that it was an oil sump. You would have to circulate oil to the turbo shaft. I think that the oil was probably overheated when it drained from the turbo.

 

[AMink]

So after they get the turbine spinning, it spins itself by sucking air through instead of pushing it through? Looks neat.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

I think that it was an oil sump. You would have to circulate oil to the turbo shaft. I think that the oil was probably overheated when it drained from the turbo.

I figured it was a water-cooled turbo - and the bucket was the water reservoir - dunno about lube...



Sure wouldn't catch me very close to that, when the pipe was straw-yellow...