Whitbread Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 I figured i'd post a few pics of the progress i made today on turbo-ing the shee. Sorry for the crappy resolution, its an ancient el cheapo camera. Its an IHI RHB5 turbo with the internal wastegate set at 7 psi. I'll finish the exhaust piping, custom silencer, and piping from the filter to turbo tomorrow. The electric oil pump should be in by next friday so hopefully it'll be rideable a couple days after. I did fire it up today squirting some oil into the oil inlet for the turbo and just at idle its painfully loud with no silencer, even with the garage door open. The coolest part is that with some very minor trimming, the plastics and seat fit perfectly with the turbo and all the plumbing and hide everything very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitbread Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 adding more pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitbread Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 last pic for the night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullet Man Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) need some better quality pics mang, really hard to tell what going on. wonder why noone has looked into a water (coolant) cooled turbo. this would eliminate any oil tank/pump/electrical that would be needed. should be a wicked brutal ride Edited April 12, 2007 by Mullet Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefire Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 c'mon how are you gonna do that to us ..better picss please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitbread Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Once again, sorry for the shitty pics, i'm gonna try to steal a friends camera this weekend, my good one got intimate with a bucket of water and hasn't worked since. And Mullet Man, it is actually a water cooled turbo, i just haven't decided if i'm going to hook up the water lines yet. Since it realistically wont see any hotter than 170 or so during a hard ride, and the coolant temp would be right around there anyway, i'm not so sure if it would be more than just some more hoses running around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 c'mon how are you gonna do that to us ..better picss please id say a big alum radiator and plumb it through your stock coolant system. but run some tests to make sure that everything is working in harmony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitbread Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Ok, so i finally got a better camera and heres some pics. I still haven't received the oil pump yet though . I still have to source a BOV, finish the filter piping, and mount the oil tank but its done other than that for fabrication. The muffler is made from 4" truck exhaust tubing with a 2" core thats all drilled out with fiberglass packing and a metal screen for a spark arrestor (michigan law) and it works incredibly well, its way quieter than the pro circuits. Sorry about the small pics, i dont know how else to post them bigger on here and still maintain the quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitbread Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 another pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Whitbread Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 The 4" diameter muffler looks a bit out of place on the banshee, but it was what i had laying around so it worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitbread Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 So much for a barnett kevlar clutch, it went out on 4/20 an hour into my ride, and the basket is trash, so its definitely time for a lockup and better basket. Hopefully i'll have a chance to machine the clutch cover before too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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